[Chaos-l] Astrophotography start up?

[Steve Christensen]

Hi all,

I hope it is OK to ask this here.  I am really enjoying starting some 
astrophotography and want to move up a little.  I want to do things 
without telescope or clock drive for now until I learn more.   So, I am 
considering

Canon 60Da  (I have some Canon lenses already)
Canon TC803N Remote Timer
A new Tripod - suggestions?
Maybe an IR filter for non astro things

Use the Deep Sky Stacker software and Photoshop which I have already. 
Does it make sense to use a Telrad or something similar to aim the 
camera to interesting objects?  What lenses are useful?  If I decide to 
add a telescope later, is this camera useful for that?

What do you folks suggest about this or other options?  I have learned 
that a number of you are extreme experts at this, so I hope you will be 
patient with a real newbie.  What about external connections to a laptop 
or iPad etc?

Right now, I am getting what little I know from YouTube videos and 
Google searches.

Thanks,

Steve C.