new camera

astroman145 wrote: many thanks for your info as usual all i need to do is ask and help is at hand .by the way i got a freeday training course with the camera has anyone ever gone on one of these and would i need a remote for the camera for astrophotography .thanks again

If you use the camera with your laptop then you will just need a USB cable as BackyardEOS and the like (EOS Utility also possibly) can control the camera.

If you are not using a laptop then you will need it to do exposures more than 30s. Having an intervalometer to take several shots one after the other automatically while you go get a mug of tea is also helpful! The cheapest are on ebay, but of very varying quality.

This video might help!