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@appagalcrochet
I made altazimuth setting circles for my DOB, azimuth on the base and an elevation circular segment on the elevation axis.

When I set up my DOB I scoot the base until Polaris in the center of the finder reads 0 deg azimuth. I level the base, not a real critical factor.

Then I use the following url app to let me see the az and el of the #Messier, #Herschel500, or #Caldwell objects. Then I just look up an object in the app and move the telescope to the indicated coordinates. it usually is close enough to get the object in my finder.
afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/p

afterdark-skies.blogspot.comStar Pointer Utility Star Pointer Note: Star Pointer needs to know user location (lat/lon) to work. It saves the lat/lon in a local cookie for user conveni...