>>2670769>>2670774Yep with an equatorial mount you have to first point your mount at the north star (if you are in the northern hemisphere). You have a small hole/lens in the axis of your mount for this, called the polar scope.
Then there is the more complex alignment on 2 or 3 stars. Your scope will try to point at a star, and with your remote control you center the star in your field of view. Then it will try to point at another star in another area of the sky, and you center it again. After this process, your mount knows exactly where you are pointing and track objects correctly.
In some mounts you have a small computer with a catalog of thousands of celestial objects. Just enter the name and your scope will point towards it, and stack tracking. It seems easy but it takes some time to learn how to polar align a scope.