Can you polar align using your guide scope?

[Ouroboros]

5 hours ago, AstroMuni said:

As you can see from the diagram, visibility of Polaris is not a must. You could describe an arc that is further and further away from the pole, but the accuracy is going to be slightly less as you go further away.

Yes, I appreciate that the method works irrespective of whether Polaris or the NCP is visible. What I meant  to put over is that I haven’t personally had the opportunity to see how the alignment method works in practice.  Maybe it’s the same or different, I don’t know. 

[StevieDvd]

19 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

As I understood it, the diagram shows the mount misaligned and pointing at neither Polaris or the NCP. 

Mis-aligned yes, though mount axis does seem to be centred on polaris.  A small text key explaining the colours and the proper & current mount alignment circles would help people new to alignment and avoid confusion.

[AstroMuni]

26 minutes ago, StevieDvd said:

Mis-aligned yes, though mount axis does seem to be centred on polaris.  A small text key explaining the colours and the proper & current mount alignment circles would help people new to alignment and avoid confusion.

The graphics may not be perfectly accurate as the circles were just drawn by hand rather than to engineering precision .....I have edited my original post to add the explanation.