Pushing the limits...
Over the next week I hope to have a chance at a shot of the night sky using a very small compact with a fast lens - a Panasonic LX3 - with a 2.5X converter that gives the equivalent of 150mm at f/2.8. Big glass on a small compact. It's able to expose for a minute and the noise looks tolerable from such a small camera. While I don't expect much it is conceivable that it will record the brighter stars.
If I was more serious I'd acquire the gear but I don't see much point in imaging since so many others are, with more spare time and skies far better than I have.
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