What's my next step?

I would like to do some astro photography.
A freind has loaned me a Celestron 14 inch and I was given "The Sky" proffessional for software.
I need to get a lap top, CCD, and a lot of help to end up where I want to be.
So what you anybody suggest as my next step?

How much do you want to spend on the camera?

Dave Mitsky

Where do you want to be? What are your goals? I think thats the information I would ask for, before I took any further steps towards figuring out the next step.

Figure out what you want to photograph.
Look around here at images by other people, figure
out which ones you like, then look at the
equipment and what it costs. Some nice
planet images have been taken with $90 web cams
and C14s on simple mounts. Deep sky stuff might
want a much more expensive cooled CCD camera,
filter wheel, and high-end mount.

>>>>What's my next step

Step backwards.

While it seems that getting a big scope is a good idea. It is actually very difficult to start with a large scope like the C14.

Alex

My goal is to do some astroid chasing. I want to be able to get images and do some binking test or altering between images to see things move.
I expect to spend less than $2K on the software(if The Sky is not enough) and CCD.
The lap top must be able to withstand the cold and outdoor conditions.