I've used Alpha Cent as an alignment star for several southern hemisphere occultations now. Both because it's relatively easy to find, and because it's cool.
We actually did our first practice night of the first Arrokoth occultation next to the monument to the discovery of Proxima Cent in Cape Town.
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