What is the best camcorder that will work on the night skies capturing planes, stars or the moon ?

Question

What is the best camcorder that will work on the night skies capturing planes, stars or the moon ?

Answer 1

You're not going to be able to video stars - they're much too faint.  The moon's bright enough, but not impressive, even with a reasonable zoom.  If you want to try it you'll probably need a camcorder with manual focus - autofocus doesn't work in my experience.  I've never tried recording planes (should that be planets?) at night, but I suspect the results would be disappointing.

If you want to try cheap astrophotography, have a look at what people like Eric Ng and Damien Peach are doing with webcams.  Even with a 60mm refractor you can get some impressive results!