Any SLR, whether digital or film based, can be used for photography with a telescope.
If u want to tinker around with homemade adapters, then u can also fit any webcam to a telescope.

However, all that does not matter a single bit if u do not have a good mount for ur telescope. For astrophotography, long exposures (the shutter may have to remain open for hours!) are standard. So if ur telescope cannot track accurately, all u will get, even with a RM30,000.00 SLR, is a nice blur or a mess of zigzagging coloured lines instead of nice starpoints.

A basic motor driven equatorial mount accurate enough for astrophotography will cost u easily a few thousand ringgit.

However, a telescope is a cheap alternative to a high powered telephoto lens for photographing terrestrial objects. For example, a 600mm focal length telescope can be purchased (without mount) for a few hundred rinngit. Just ask Nikon for the price of the equivalent _ on second thoughts don't bother if you want to avoid a heart attack.......

Are u ready for tonite's meteor shower? No need for any special equipment, just use ur eyes.
Unfortunately, those of us in the Klang Valley are out of luck due to the haze.........hope the skies are better for u in Kluang.

What is the time??    By the way, do u have any guide to know the time of their appearance?

Ahh~~I have to sit for exam tomorrow    but I will try to get it.    How many hours away between Malaysia and USA? They post their news using their own time, am I right?

climbing mountain in the dark? u must be better than Tom Cruise (ala mission impossible 2)

Since this is the photography (and not astronomy) forum, I thought I better suggest someone try photographing the meteor shower and post some shots here.
Just use any wide angle lens, focus on infinity, mount the camera on a sturdy tripod, aim up to the sky, set camera shutter on `B', and do a long exposure! Even if you don't get any shooting stars, you can admire the nice long star trails........
By the way, old fashioned film cameras are better than modern digital cameras at this kind of photography.

It would depend on how clear your view of the sky is. Usually we only see the brighter streaks and the occassional fireball and smoke trails. If the air is really clear, and u are lucky enough to be far from civilisation, u might see a barrage of shooting stars.
However, the most we can hope to see in the best spots in Malaysia is probably in the region of a few hundred per hour (i believe this was reported by experienced watchers in Penang last year). In Kuala Lumpur, the most I've ever counted is 15 per hour, which I would consider as good as a storm!
This year, with the haze, zero count is my expectation for Klang valley.

Yes, I noticed Venus last Saturday as I was taking sunset photos. It was strikingly bright against the dark blue sky.

I had missed the sunset by about 15 minutes, but luckily I didn't miss the gorgeous full moon rising that evening. It rose slowly from the east, and appeared large and amber. Like a butter cookie

Hope my photo of it turns out good - it was tricky balancing the exposure for both the moon and the buildings.

I am preparing to buy a telescope. As I want to take the photo of deep sky object, the seller told me that I need a telescope at least 8 aperture for this. The lowest price of this kinds of telescopes is RM7900 and the Meade Deep Sky Imager costs RM1980... faint......

I decided to stick with ETX-90AT or ETX-105AT with Deep Sky Imager and some accesories. I am now waiting to see the outcome of ETX-105AT taking deep sky object. All the products I mentioned are manufactured by Meade.

Yup, but if I use LX90 for looking at deep sky object, it performs much better than ETX-105AT. The price of ETX-105AT costs RM4900...    But they tell me they are now taking order of ETX PE series only. If I want to order AT, I will have to wait for few months  The price of ETX-90AT is RM3900...    These products are so killing..

Thanks for the guide. I will try to calculate it. 

Yesterday, the venus and jupiter were on a line but I missed to take the photo because I was swimming    By the way, how come you didn't kena accident since you kept watching on the sky?    It is so pity that so many people think that they were just stars...... I will try to take the photo of them tonight. The photos that were taken on 3 September were not clear as I forgot to use timer to shoot.....

BTW deepyu, how's the stills using your new Panasonic 3 CCD? I'm thinking of upgrading to 3 CCD too, but I think I need a digicam (much cheaper) first. Cannot keep using my handycam as a still camera, it's embarassing. My 35mm SLR has unfortunately given up the ghost.

I won't miss this for sure    Is this happened on the west sky?
Deepyu, have you bought a telescope?

Whoa that's magnificent. I'm inspired now, although light pollution and poor optics will be against me tomorrow!

O wow, the details are amazing for a DV camera. The fur seems almost 3D, my fingers're itching to reach out and stroke the feline.........and those..those green eyes! Well captured, deepyu. I just love cats (except when they steal my dinner).
I hope you take some shots of the event tonite too.
I know I'm totally outclassed here. Should I even try with my handycam?