Stargeezer Smith<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@appagalcrochet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>appagalcrochet</span></a></span> <br>I made altazimuth setting circles for my DOB, azimuth on the base and an elevation circular segment on the elevation axis. </p><p>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.</p><p>Then I use the following url app to let me see the az and el of the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Messier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messier</span></a>, <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Herschel500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Herschel500</span></a>, or <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Caldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caldwell</span></a> 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.<br><a href="https://afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/p/star-pointer-utility.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/star-pointer-utility.html?m=1</span></a></p>