I was wondering if/why the parking position is in RA/Dec. I'd expect it to be in Alt/Az. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the concepts behind the different positions wrong. The terminology is unfortunately not always clear/the same. This is what I understand so far:

INDI/Ekos: Home Position == iOptron: Zero Position == celestial Pole (north or south)
INDI/Ekos: Parking Position == user defined Position (in the sky, aka not the spot on the wall to take a flat frame)

If I shut down at the end of the night and send the scope to park, I'd end up with the scope differently depending on the time of the shutdown. I haven't verified this yet because I'm afraid to crash the scope into the tripod...

Can somebody please shed more light on this topic?
Thanks, Max

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