Hello Friend,

I'm often  asked the question  (I personally dabble in astro-imaging, but I'm no expert) on what are the best ways
to get started in imaging.

My suggestions are as follows:

1) Start with your iPhone/smartphone  and an inexpensive  iPhone adaptor 
Take a few easy shots of the Moon, or a planet.   It's an easy Peasy way to get your feet wet.

 2) Try Planetary Photography;  Jupiter, or Saturn.
Years ago, when I owned a 6" f8 Dynascope reflector on a pedestal mount, I was able to take some pretty decent shots
of Saturn & Jupiter with that scope.    It took some practice and experimentation, but through some good luck and effort
I got some great results. What do you need? A camera adaptor, and a DSLR camera. The iPhone adaptor will work as well
it's a bit trickier though at high magnifications.

3) This is by far the best way: Use a tracker device,  
 You will have a pretty good experience with these because you can actually use your own DSLR camera with
its standard lens  and take some pretty decent 5 minute exposures of the Orion Nebulae, or M31 Andromeda galaxy.
One caveat: these work best under dark skies.  If you have a small scope, like a short-tube 70mm or 80=mm refractor
you can even image through it.

4) If you want to get some really detailed planetary images,  and also have software process the image for you
then a Solar System imager might just do the trick.  These work on a very simple basis

1) You insert it into your telescope in place of an eyepiece
2) connect it to your PC/laptop/mac 
3)You can preview the image on your PC screen
4) the included software then processes your best images and delivers the result.

Here are a few other important things to remember:

• You'll learn more by doing than reading about it
• Start simple and build up from there
• Use whatever telescope you currently own (I had a 4.5" tasco reflector years ago, nothing fancy, but it did the job)
• Get started the next clear night.