As you have proved, there is no reason at all why you can't use a compact for Astrophotography.
They do a fantastic job for what they are.
I used to use my little Canon s3is for AP before I bought the 20d.
Great for widefields and using afocal for moonage. Jupiter and Saturn I used the movie function to capture .avi's and processed them in Registax.
I used a hack that allowed me to do 59sec exposures and in camera dark frame subtraction.
You might be able to do the same.
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