Mitchell,
Have you looked into afocal astrophotography yet? That's a very easy way to start. Although you won't get the spectacular results you see in some posts, you can still get things that are very satisfying.
http://www.astronomyforbeginners.com...phy/afocal.php
The key that I found was to use an eyepiece with the longest eye relief you have (17mm mininum). Otherwise, your camera may not be able to focus. I bought an adapter to hold my camera but if you're handy, you can build something or place your tripod so it's in the focal plane of your eyepiece. There's a pretty small margin for error so I thought the adapter I bought was worth it to me (and I don't build things - grin). I was able to image the moon, mars, saturn, and jupiter like this.