RTR-Starry night's Photography-Camera under $300?

[blmkid]

You ask a lot for trying to stay under $300.

don't need to go all that fancy.
when your skill catches up and you really like doing it, then you can spend the extra money.

I will say that there is a fair amount of light pollution at the Q. I did not see the Milky way there, in Yuma or Ehrenberg. I finally started seeing it at the Grand canyon.

Pretty much what I needed to know.

And he's going to find all that for $300, including the camera before the RTR and also learn how to use it all? And he's going to fit it all in the van to take a few pictures in his life?

Or, he could just keep the exposure to under 30 seconds on a good used camera.

May look for just that, next Spring on Craigslist in local area.

I really appreciate all the responses. Will just enjoy the star's and remember them as long as my memory can recall them in detail. Hopefully years from now. Thank You All. I think this is a wrap.