[wal]

I'm after some advice as to the best small digital camera to be used afocally to enable me to take a quick snap shot of the view through the eyepiece to later compare it with other samples to track and plot asteroid travel. My intention is to be able hold the camera steady perhaps allowing it to lean on the rubber guard ever so slightly for a couple of seconds or so to record the stars. I have never done any sort of AP other than keep my film cameras wide open on B setting from a dark site before, so my knowledge on this is virtually zero.

Does any one know of the best small digital camera out there, be it cannon ixus, or sony or others (doesn't have to be a zoom in fact I would prefer a fixed focal length around 6mm or so) with the appropriate dark/night sensitive features that provides the clearest image to achieve what I have in mind?

Kind regards,

Wal.