From: "Christoph Bosshard" <chboss@hispeed.ch>

Date: December 24, 2008 2:28:34 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Out in the cold..

Hi Milton

Yes replacing the grease and readjusting the gears is the best one can

do. Had an EQ5 recently that I got to work properly after this

treatment. However we do not get below 30 here in Switzerland at least

not in the past few years. ;-)

Just came of the phone with my Uncle that lives in Ontario and he also

told me about the 30 below and strong winds.... seems unreal to me.

BTW here is the result of M45 before the fog rolled in:

http://aida.astroinfo.org/displayimage.php?pos=-4184

Now I am hoping for a change to catch Saturn in its current ring

position. So far fog and clowds made this impossible over the last

four weeks. :-(

regards

Chris