YAHOO!!!

The clouds parted long enought tonight for me to set
the G-11 up in the back yard, bolt my 5" Synta
achromat to it, plug in the gel cell and press some
buttons.

After an initial period of confusion (the controller
appeared to be set for southern hemisphere operation,
confirmed when I came back in and looked inside the
box), everything worked fine. The mount is rock steady
and the tracking is precise. Things just sat there
in the reticle of my guiding eyepiece, even with my
very quick polar alignment (I got the polar scope
with the mount). It was a pleasant novelty to
refocus at high power and not have the image bounce
all over the place.

It will not be difficult to pull off miracles with
this thing. This is gonna be *fun*...

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte