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Just to give an example. All four of these pictures were taken with just a camera on a tripod - no telescope or special skills, filters, or extra gizmos required. All reduced to tiny low grade size for uploading. The one of the Southern Cross and the two pointers, and the one of Orion above our house were both time exposures of a few seconds. The moon is a much brighter target so the exposures there were a fraction of a second. (Our neighbour going to work was added to the moonshot later...).
The difference between what's required for regular shots like that and some of the splendid close up full colour shots of deep space objects that you'll seen done by other members here requires a big leap in equipment and skills that I'm unlikely to acquire any time soon (if ever)..
Cheers,
Chris
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