Equipment so far

A few weeks later and I've made a few purchases :)

HEQ5 and TS80 F/6 refractor

Almost everything has been bought second hand from the UK Astronomy Buy and Sell to keep a lid on the costs!

My new imaging kit so far comprises of:

• Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount
• Teleskop Service 80mm F/6 Triplet refractor
• Maplins 12v 12Ah jumpstarter
• Canon EOS 400D DSLR camera (unmodded)
• Macbook Pro (for Backyard EOS and Deep Sky Stacker software)

I also have an ST80 with an ADM side-by-side bar but my aim is to get used to the basics of deep-sky imaging before I attempt long exposures with autoguiding.