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I've been really happy with Celestron's "All Sky Polar Alignment" process, but it is WAY more work than something like a Polemaster. I used to do drift alignment when I would test a client's scope, which would take 30 minutes or so. The ASPA is as fast as pointing to and centering 6 bright stars, I can usually do it twice in 15 minutes and be within 1 arcminute.
That being said, since Eric mentioned set and forget scopes, I just worked on a CGX-L, Celestron's top of the line, "dome ready" scope, meant for autonomous use. Even that mount has issues in that on random days it doesn't see the RA home switch, and runs away upon startup. Sure, a true remote dome wouldn't power the scope down, but what if? When you buy a $5000 mount, you expect that it can see the home switches every time, just in case...
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Mike Bradshaw
1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black
Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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