Hello from Lévis, Québec

[Paul-]

I'm new to practical astronomy. At the beginning of June this year I bought an Omni XLT150 Newtonian reflector & quite a few options:

• Telescope: Omni XLT 150 Newtonian; Cheshire cat eye for collimation
• Mount: Omni CG-4 Equatorial; polar align scope; dual axis motor
• Celestron Plossl lens kit with filters & 2x Barlow
• 2" T-ring & T-ring adapter

I already had a Canon EOS DSLR (not astro-modified), so I've decided to try my hand at prime-focus astrophotography.  I have now added a Baader MPCC Mark III coma corrector (used) and an Optolong L-Pro 2 filter (new). I now realize that prime-focus is a bit more difficult than I first thought, but i will persist. I live in a suburban neighborhood ― Bottle 7-8, so I hope the filters help. 

Edited September 12 by Paul-
corrections

[Marvin Jenkins]

Welcome Paul, good yo have you here.

Marv

[Paul-]

Thanks Marv

[Floater]

Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂

[Sunshine]

A big welcome and nice setup! from the next province to the west.

[Tony Acorn]

Hello and welcome Paul,

That looks like a decent bundle to get your teeth into this hobby and there are many on here who will help if you ask. 
You mention that Prime Focus is proving a litte difficult. I live in a slightly less polluted area (Bortle 5 and getting worse) and I use a Bahtinov Mask to get my focus as sharp as possible. Here's one for 150mm Newtonians available form our sponsor. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bahtinov-focus-masks/starsharp-bahtinov-focus-masks.html
You hang it onto the outside of your scope using two silicon-coated screws through the holes as seen in the image. The other thing to point out is that a guide-scope needs to be aligned with the main scope (I found out the hard way) and that is best done in daylight looking at distant objects.

HTH and enjoy,

Tony

[dweller25]

Hello Paul and welcome to SGL.

You have a great setup, looking forward to seeing your photos….

[orion25]

Welcome to SGL, Paul. Nice setup! Can't wait to see your images

Reggie

[wookie1965]

A warm welcome to SGL