I'll keep experimenting once the skies clear, but for now I'm pondering I should do all polar alignment on the MAK.
The rotten thing is now how much do I trust the SCT if I see any drift in it?
Ian - nick your neighbours light bulb - varnish the electrical contacts and but it back! Do that a few times and he'll realise his backyard is supposed to be dark at night! Or tell him the neighbourhood is tring to go green and leave him a brochure on those solar power night lights that you plant into the ground