V. Install Cameras on Telescope

  1. Prepare the Canon
    1. Turn off autofocus and image stabilization
    2. Attach t-ring and is accessories to the Camera
    3. Lock the camera into the back of the scope
  2. Prepare the Orion Starshoot (only if autoguiding)
    1. Install a 3"long by 2" diameter extension into the Vixen focuser
    2. Install a crosshair eyepiece in the extension tube
    3. Obtain initial focus, and center on a suitable guide star
      adjusting the guide star rings, then tighten securely
    4. Replace the crosshair eyepiece with the StarShoot
  3. Lock the Orion camera into the Vixen Focuser
  4. Attach cables
    1. Run a full sized USB cable from the StarShoot to the PC
    2. Run the autoguide (phone) interface cable from the StarShoot
      to the phone splitter (in the ST-4 port of the control panel)
    3. Run a mini USB cable from the Canon to the PC
    4. Attach the intervalometer to the Canon