Astrophotography Equipment

Using the equipment set-up shown below, I was able to slew the scope to an object, focus, take a set of images, and download them to my laptop computer, without having to go outside of my home. 
Main scope                                      Astro-Physics 130MM F6 Telescope with 'Robofocus' automated focuser
Mount                                              Astro-Physics 900 GTO Mount
Camera/Autoguider                       Santa Barbara Instruments Group ST10XE with internal auto-guider chip
Pier                                                   Advanced Telescope Systems  48" Pier
PC                                                     HP Pavilion Laptop Computer
Power                                               88 and 24 Amp 12V Gel Cell Batteries (portable) 110Volt wall socket when operating from home
Power Inverter                                12V to 110V Power Converter (portable)
Software:                   
  1. The Sky Level 5
  2. MaximDL/CCD Version 4.08
  3. Adobe Photoshop CS
  4. Robofocus Software

There are additional pictures of equipment and equipment applications below:

Scope set-up at ARGO, a Central Oregon Dark Site

 

Scope Set-up in backyard showing scope, mount, CCD-camera, and pier

 

Equipment Close Up