[RegArm (Reg)]

G’Day fellow astronomers
My name is Reg, and I am just getting back into astronomy after a 20-year break, how things have changed, and yet stayed the same.
A bit about myself and my medical issues
I have spent 22 years in the Army and RAAF and a further 13 years of public service working for Defence. I remember a Defence member that post some fantastic photo he took of the various objects in the sky and I was envious of his prowess, Martin P I this his name is.
Anyway back to me (it's all about me lol). I was made medically unfit for work about 3 years ago, due to my major depressive disorder and the associated madness that goes hand in hand with it. Since then I have slowly been teaching myself Astronomy, have a few books, and online courses that I am going through. My brain capacity is not what it used to be; I was an Air Traffic Controller for the last 25 years of work.
So, what has this got to do with astronomy? Basically, like most of us, strapped for cash!
My wife and family recently (this week) bought me a telescope, must give a big shout out to Sirius Optics, my wife ordered the telescope late Sunday night and it was delivered to us in Gladstone QLD Tuesday afternoon. As far as I am concerned that is a fantastic service. And now I have been hooked again into watching our night sky!
The telescope is a Saxon 1309 EQ2 reflector. Set it up last night and had a good view of Jupiter, all be it not as clear or as large as my old telescope, and I had forgotten so much of viewing the night sky. I am grateful for my family buying me a telescope, but soon got frustrated with the EQ2 mount, kept moving every time you touched anything even lightly and take a long time to settle down. And another issue I have after last night's viewing is that I can hardly move today, due to pain in my lower back from standing and slight bend whilst viewing.
This is where you come in.
1. Is there a simple camera that I could attach to the telescope that I can then plug into a monitor for ease of viewing the night sky and that I can share with my family?
2. What type of mount should I get for this telescope, preferably one that is motorized and that I can control from my laptop?
3. I would love to start astrophotography, I am an amateur photographer, so understand photography well. What telescope, camera, mount, tripod, connections, and software would you suggest I get to be able to photograph deep sky images as well as our planets. And in this case having the setup, semi-permanent in my backyard and controlling it from my desktop and a comfy chair.
4. Like most, my dreams are big, but my budget is exceedingly small, $3,000 max for all the above.
Hope you can help and thank you very much for taking the time to read through this.
Happy Star Gazing
Reg