ABSTRACT
The emphasis of this section is to turn theory into practical tips for the installation and equipment setup for astrophotography. In general, the first chapter principally concerns itself with the hardware setup and the second looks at software, although there is some inevitable cross-over. Setting up includes one-time calibrations and adjustments, as well as those repeated start-up activities that benefit from becoming second nature. There is also an element of chicken and egg: a degree of assembly and installation is required for instance before one can successfully do the one-time alignments. In practice, it may need a few iterations to get everything just so. So, I propose to start with the basics, the actions that occur each time, and circle back to the one-time settings that require attention.
