Astrophotography Celestron CGX 9.25" SCT Rig - Components and Setup

Описание: When I upgraded to a Celestron CGX GEM Mount from a Celestron Evolution Mount I wanted a super-neat solution, with the minimum of wires and clutter, so I've put a lot of effort into making my rig as neat and tidy as I can by going for a single DC power input and all other connections to the mount, main camera and guide camera being via a mini PC attached to the mount, which is accessed wirelessly. So, here's a quick overview of my kit and how it all slots together.

Lots of the components that have allowed me to achieve what I have have been designed using TinkerCad and printed on my Creality Ender 5 3D printer.

My Mini PC and DC Fusebox Mount are available on instructables.com at https://www.instructables.com/Telesco....
My cable management solution, which works with my PC mount a DC distribution can be found on instructables too at https://www.instructables.com/Celestr... :-)

There are far too many nights where my astro kit just sits in the garage unfortunately :-( It's either too windy, raining, snowing, cloudy, too light (roll on dark nights!), the moon is up or I'm not where my kit is. What a hobby to have, eh? Then again, those free nights have allowed me the time to design and (nearly) perfect my rig, so I'm not really complaining!

But when the circumstances allow, there's nothing like all of your kit just fitting together perfectly and all working together, then it's just a case of choosing a wonder of the night sky to observe and photograph. Oh, and then there's all the fun of trying to get the best image you can out of the image data you've got :-)

Feel free to ask any questions you might have, or offer suggestions for improvements.