Astrophotography

My Santa Barbra Instrument Group dedicated Astronomy camera. It has dual chips for imaging and guiding. The camera has a monochrome CCD imaging chip which requires an RGB filter wheel 

View of the camera back where you can see the fan for the Peltier Cooler at the top. To either side of the fan there are ports that allow you to pump cold water through a jacket surrounding the imaging/guiding chips. This aids with cooling during warm evenings

Photo of the imaging chip which is the large one on top. Below the imaging chip is the prism where you can see a reflected image of the guider chip. 

This is a photo of the wheel that holds the color filters. The filter unit is mounted on the front of the camera. During imaging you can select either of the three colors or an open bay for the luminance shot. 

ST-7xme case I made from a generic metal carrying case. Focal Reducers, interface wires and a Meade Planetary camera can also be seen

Here's my Hutech modified Rebel XTi DSLR. Out from of the camera is the Televue Focal Reducer/Field Flattener. Hanging off the front left of the camera is a connector for the Hutech installed Temp sensor.

This is how the XTi connects to the Stellarview ST80 Refractor. This gives a better view of the Temp sensor connection.

This Rebel T5i is the latest addition to my Canon family. It's pictured with the 18-135mm lens that came in the kit I purchased. I've not used it much but so far I am very pleased. I recently loaded Magic Lantern on the SD card for testing. I hope to do a Blog post on my review and impressions of the camera and softward

Here's a shot of the T5i's backend. I love the fold out LCD which is also touch screen capable. shooting Live View with the LCD is nice.