Tonight I've setup and successfully used the setting circles on my EQ5 mount.
Firstly I ensured my mount was aligned to the SCP, and then located Sirius (RA 06 45, DEC -16 43). Once I had Sirius centered I set the RA circle and tweaked the DEC circle for the coordinates of Sirius.
My target was M41. M41 has the co-ords of RA 06 46 and DEC -20 46, so I knew that I only really needed to move the telescope in DEC by 4 degrees to be in the ball park. And in the ball park I was - M41 popped in to the eyepiece for some prime cluster viewing.
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