Photography

i live in a brighly lit area too,less than a mile form the austin texas city limits. you'd be surprised what you can shoot even with light pollution. nebulas are even better to shoot than galaxies in light pollution because they make filters than can block most LP while not affecting the nebula

equipment list
astrotech 72 edii telescope (72mm refractor)
ZWO am5 mount
sony a6300 camera astro modded (basically they remove the IR filter and replace it with clear glass)
asair plus (a small device to control the scope camera and mount)

this is 4 hours of 5 minute exposures
stacked and processed using pixinsight software

If you really want to give it a try and dont want to spend a huge amount of money they have recently come out with something called a seestar s50. its a mount camera and telescope in one unit and is $500. rather than viewing thru an eyepiece it displays the image on an Ipad (or other tablet) I bought one because im trying to set up a public astronomy program where i live especially for youth groups and for when im to lazy to bring out the bigger setup