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Found the limit of the new scope, first winter with it.
It was a good clear night here last night in Northern Alberta, the only thing it went down to minus 25.
there was a few people at the dark site,maybe at least a dozen, most us are RASC members..non members are always welcome..
Most of them were using DOBS , I was using the CPC 1100 Schmidt.
As the night progressed I could feel the grease on the focuser getting really stiff.
And, turning the base... you could hear the servos were working a bit harder dealing with the frozen grease .
The hand controller was hard to read, and very , very sloow ....I think it wanted to conserve its life .
And I think that temp was my limit too....gettin to be a wuss at 54.
I packed up and went home earlier than I wanted.
It was still better than being in front of the TV.