G 11 in the snow.

Hi all


http://home.comcast.net/~sctuser/wsb...D-2652971.html


Here ya go, we did indeed get almost a foot of
snow last night, hopefully we will get a clear night
tonight, as all is setup and ready to go.
(C 11 on dining room table right now)

Picture before this one is usual view when looking
at Venus.



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Hi all


http://home.comcast.net/~sctuser/wsb...D-2652971.html


Here ya go, we did indeed get almost a foot of
snow last night, hopefully we will get a clear night
tonight, as all is setup and ready to go.
(C 11 on dining room table right now)

Picture before this one is usual view when looking
at Venus.




Nice purple martin house, too.




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http://home.comcast.net/~sctuser/wsb...D-2652971.html


Here ya go, we did indeed get almost a foot of
snow last night, hopefully we will get a clear night
tonight, as all is setup and ready to go.
(C 11 on dining room table right now)

How's the G-11 holding up to the weather/elements under the tarp?

Frankly, given that it takes the lion's share of the setup time for imaging,
I'd love to have mine permanently polar aligned. But the idea of leaving it
outside under a tarp in New England doesn't sit right with me.

Stephen Paul wrote:


How's the G-11 holding up to the weather/elements under the tarp?

Frankly, given that it takes the lion's share of the setup time for imaging,
I'd love to have mine permanently polar aligned. But the idea of leaving it
outside under a tarp in New England doesn't sit right with me.




Hi

No problem, it does just fine
I dont like to do it a lot, but right
I either take the tarp off when the sun
comes out, or if not, put a 25 - 40 watt
light under it during the daytime.
I have let it go three months before with
no light to help, and have been just fine.

Now with the clear skies, it's hard to
pass up. I will probably refine the polar
alignment tonight, and then leave it setup
for a couple of weeks or so. I really have
no plans to use any club sites with this
cold snap.
Spring it will be back to the G 11 being
my portable setup.




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Stephen Paul wrote:


How's the G-11 holding up to the weather/elements under the tarp?

Frankly, given that it takes the lion's share of the setup time for
imaging, I'd love to have mine permanently polar aligned. But the idea of
leaving it outside under a tarp in New England doesn't sit right with me.


Hi

No problem, it does just fine
I dont like to do it a lot, but right
I either take the tarp off when the sun
comes out, or if not, put a 25 - 40 watt
light under it during the daytime.
I have let it go three months before with
no light to help, and have been just fine.

Now with the clear skies, it's hard to
pass up. I will probably refine the polar
alignment tonight, and then leave it setup
for a couple of weeks or so. I really have
no plans to use any club sites with this
cold snap.
Spring it will be back to the G 11 being
my portable setup.




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Whew!

Don't have to put up with this here in the low Sonoran desert of Arizona,
where even a frost is not that usual. But nice to see it can SURVIVE with
no significant negative effects, from weather like that...

Perhaps I keep things inside here more often than I need to...

Thanks for another perspective...

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Jan Owen wrote:
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Stephen Paul wrote:


How's the G-11 holding up to the weather/elements under the tarp?

Frankly, given that it takes the lion's share of the setup time for
imaging, I'd love to have mine permanently polar aligned. But the idea of
leaving it outside under a tarp in New England doesn't sit right with me.


Hi

No problem, it does just fine
I dont like to do it a lot, but right
I either take the tarp off when the sun
comes out, or if not, put a 25 - 40 watt
light under it during the daytime.
I have let it go three months before with
no light to help, and have been just fine.

Now with the clear skies, it's hard to
pass up. I will probably refine the polar
alignment tonight, and then leave it setup
for a couple of weeks or so. I really have
no plans to use any club sites with this
cold snap.
Spring it will be back to the G 11 being
my portable setup.




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AM


Whew!

Don't have to put up with this here in the low Sonoran desert of Arizona,
where even a frost is not that usual. But nice to see it can SURVIVE with
no significant negative effects, from weather like that...

Perhaps I keep things inside here more often than I need to...

Thanks for another perspective...



Really. We're told we are in for a cold spell here in the L.A. area ..
temps will go from mid 70s to mid 50s. Chance of rain on the weekend
(which figures because I have a camping trip to a dark site planned).

Phil

Jan Owen wrote:


Whew!

Don't have to put up with this here in the low Sonoran desert of Arizona,
where even a frost is not that usual. But nice to see it can SURVIVE with
no significant negative effects, from weather like that...

Perhaps I keep things inside here more often than I need to...

Thanks for another perspective...


It gets better.

The three month plus time I left it out
(Dec. Jan, Feb, into Mar) when I finally
went to pack it up, the tripod legs had sunk
four inches into the ground. I had peridocally
refined the polar alignment so it was no problem.
The anodizing job is so well done, that after
I washed the legs off, they looked brand new, no
signs of being in the ground

At least once a year I relubricate the mount as per
my G 11 web page here.


http://members.aol.com/c8g11/g11clean.html


I have adjusted the worm block so that there is *some*
backlash, probably more than one would normally want,
but the accuracy with the C 11 on it is approaching
times of old when all it carried was an orange tube C 8.


I have the third bearing (A MastCarr unit) but have yet
to install it.
It is a year 2000 mount, so I do not have the upgraded worm.



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It is a year 2000 mount, so I do not have the upgraded worm.

Typo here.

It is a 1999 mount.

Ordered mid July, delivered beginning of Sept.
(from Pocono, polar scope arrived in Oct.)

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Stephen Paul wrote:

How's the G-11 holding up to the weather/elements under the tarp?

No problem, it does just fine
I dont like to do it a lot, but right
I either take the tarp off when the sun
comes out, or if not, put a 25 - 40 watt
light under it during the daytime.
I have let it go three months before with
no light to help, and have been just fine.

Hmm. Maybe I'll give it a go.

Thanks.