oh yes you can do astrophotography under $300
it just wont look as great as the results when someone spends $30000
ETX 70
second hand
eg from
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=458929
plus a DSI imager
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=588636
oh I know its US $ but one day our dollar will move back up
or just use a modded webcam -should be available fairly cheap these days
for ETX images see
http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...an%20ETX%2070/
or for ETX70 images with a webcam
http://www.freewebs.com/seeker372011/
I couldnt find an Orion Deep Space Imager I on astromart but they should show up from time to time