For prime focus with a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, a SCT photo adapter makes a direct connection to your single lens reflext camera.

  Below you will find a prime focus set-up on a Celestron CPC 11".

A laptop computer is required for operating the Orion Starshoot Autoguider and should also be used for operating the camera.  Various software packages are available for camera operations including Images Plus and Nebulosity.

All of the equipment shown here (with the exception of the Canon camera) is available from All-Star Telescope.

For exposures of more than 30 seconds, a wedge should be used for equatorial alignment.

This full frame (un-cropped) photo of the red barn was captured on the Canon 40D camera and a direct connection to the CPC1100 (focal length of 2800mm)