Hey, so if you’re trying to lock that gear train to real stars, you’ll need the stars’ right‑ascension and declination at the time you’re pointing. Grab a recent star catalog or use an online ephemeris—like the IAU’s Barycentric Coordinate Time tables—and convert those coordinates into your mount’s local hour angle. The quartz gives you a steady tick, but you still have to map that tick to the right angle on the sky. It’s a bit of math, but once you feed the RA/Dec into the controller, the gear train can track. And don’t forget to account for nutation and precession if you’re chasing precision. Good luck, and watch out for that drift—stars don’t wait for us.

Sounds like you’re ready to give the sky a whirl—just keep an eye on the gear timing, because a tiny slip in the quartz can set the whole thing off into a tiny cosmic waltz. If the drift starts dancing, tweak the phase a bit, maybe add a small correction loop. Keep the star chart handy and trust the data, and you’ll keep the stars in line. Good luck!