Yes and yes. Good for planets, Moon and DSO's and a good camera to start with. Have a talk with Steve Massey (who owns MyAstroShop), join here...
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/gstar-users/
and go take a look at Steve Quirk's site...
http://my.hwy.com.au/~sjquirk/index.html
You'll get a good idea of the camera from these sites.
I use mine mainly for observing....saves the eyes
