I don't know anything about what's required for astrophotography, but Canon has at least one model that is designed for such use. Don't know how good it is for the purpose, but here you have it:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/eos20da.html Shel > From: Cory Papenfuss > Not to poke the bear here, but from what I know of > astrophotography, NONE of the consumer cameras are adequate. > [Original Message] Tom C said: > > For me at least, I don't plan to throw any more money into Pentax. A lot of > > the photography I enjoy doing is night shots, including quite shortly > > astrophotography.

