Strategy

My primary imaging set up is geared for deep sky objects that small in the field of view and very distance requiring long integration times for individual sub-exposures.

After several years my primary scope is a Celestron 8″ Edge HD SCT with the .7x Celestron Focal Reducer.

My Camera is an SBIG STT-1603ME.  I use off axis guiding in conjunction with my camera.

The focuser is nothing less than a Moonlite Nightcrawler for the 8″ Edge HD.

I use a QHY Polemaster for my initial polar alignment routine.

The mount that all this gear sits on top of is a 10 Micron GM 1000 HPS.

I am using Model Creator 2 for my advanced modeling for the GM 1000 HPS.

The automation program that I use is Sequence Generator Pro.

The guiding program that I use is PHD2.