Astrophotography Setup
I've been getting a lot of questions on my current astrophoto setup, so I thought I would share a picture and a brief description. The image shown is from last winter and includes: Canon 6D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens and an iOptron ZEQ25GT equatorial mount. USB cable run from the mount and camera to my house. The bird seed container just keeps the power and cable connection off the ground. On the software side, I use Backyard EOS v3 for camera control (including focus - which is awesome) and Starry Night Pro v6 for controlling the iOptron mount (using ASCOM drivers). It's quite nice especially sitting next to my coal stove in the winter controlling everything. For stacking and image processing I use DSS, ImagesPlus, Corel PaintShop Pro X5 and Lightroom 5.6. Hope this helps!
Astrophotography Setup
I've been getting a lot of questions on my current astrophoto setup, so I thought I would share a picture and a brief description. The image shown is from last winter and includes: Canon 6D, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens and an iOptron ZEQ25GT equatorial mount. USB cable run from the mount and camera to my house. The bird seed container just keeps the power and cable connection off the ground. On the software side, I use Backyard EOS v3 for camera control (including focus - which is awesome) and Starry Night Pro v6 for controlling the iOptron mount (using ASCOM drivers). It's quite nice especially sitting next to my coal stove in the winter controlling everything. For stacking and image processing I use DSS, ImagesPlus, Corel PaintShop Pro X5 and Lightroom 5.6. Hope this helps!