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Take a look at the beginner's photography section Peter to see what the starters, or the cheap skates like me are able to shoot. Low end astrophotography typically involves some sort of basic DSLR, a telescope with focal length of 1000mm or less and a "cheap" Skywatcher or similar mount. The results of this basic setup can be quite good.
Compare if you like to the deep space image section which is mostly more experienced imagers with top shelf gear. They often use cooled CCD cameras, big heavy duty mounts and better optics. Not only that but they may spend 100 hours taking just one photo!
Yes experience is a huge part of it, but so is the almighty dollar. I'm content with my cheap setup. I've decided I won't be going expensive cooled CCD any time soon. My location is frequently cloudy anyway so I can't justify it.
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