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Hi Greg,
I also have become interested in basic Astrophotography.
I have no money for expensive equipment and have concentrated on imaging the Moon with some really good results for the equipment I use.
I only have a hand held digital camera ( Canon ) and an adaptor that screws onto the eyepiece and that also holds the digital camera in a manner that it "looks" into the eyepiece.
This method is called AFOCAL method and isnt everyones cup-of-tea, but I have had great fun with it and the all up cost of the camera and second hand 4.5 inch telecope and the adaptor was $350.00
I have included some images taken with this method to show you how easy and cheap it is to get involved.
Some of the quality is lost when I upload to the Web ( I havent worked out how to keep a good size and image quality yet.) But you will get an idea what is possible.
Good luck.
Geoffro.
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