Joe, I've had my LX-200 out every winter for the past 4 - 5 years and have imaged successfully through all temps. I have heard the fan on my ST-7 making odd noises at really cold temps and will look at disabling in the future. I did put silicone vacuum grease on the central slider tube and low temp grease on the RA and Dec gears. I believe both of those steps are necessary. The RA will benefit from a through cleaning and re-greasing anyway, unless Meade has done better lately in cleaning out the swarf. Jim Sgt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <bau@desnews.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Question about dew.
Brent, I have been thinking about doing that. I have an LX200, and my concern is that the intense cold of winter might damage the computer or somehow freeze up the gears, if it's left at subfreezing temperatures for weeks. But I don't know. Any thoughts on that? Thanks, Joe
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