[higginsdj]

Yep, we've been having -6 and -7 officially each morning (though only -2.5 and -3.2 at the observatory site).

Alarm goes off, into the wooly cloths then out for the 5 minute shutdown and close proceedure and on goes the observatory heater to thaw and dry everything out...... The scope and mount get a decent layer of fost/ice on the outside and the dew shields are totally frosted over but the dew heater keeps the 2 SCT's optics clear and dry.

2004 XP14 is a little too fast and faint for my photometry setup and given it is only visible to me from 18:30UT (4:30AM local), at best, I could get an hours run on it - not enough for a lightcurve. Its Astrometric uncertainty is well under 1" so it's unlikely to go on my observing list.

Cheers

David