My second night serious use of my AN. Again - excellent!
Started off with an encoder check (last time I forgot
to plug in the Alt encoder that I have to fit every time I setup). That's strange - no change in the Az steps. Find the plug some way out of the Az encoder - push in and all fine now. Note to self - need better protection for that encoder and its plug since I travel with a couple of plastic stools stored inside the base.
Fix Alt Ref +90 deg with auto adjust on. Line up Achernar and Antares for the two star align using an illuminated reticule 12mm eyepiece. And away I went for several hours (on and off between watching some imaging work going on elsewhere). Several hours were below zero deg C, bottomed at -6 deg C
. LCD heater was on AUTO. AN kept on truckin'
Hit targets across the sky pretty close to centre of FOV in a 35mm eyepiece. This is fun!