I gave my telescope away when I moved house, but there's a lot you can do with binoculars - and, it seems, with a simple camera (mine is a Canon compact).
I tried for the Andromeda galaxy tonight, but although I did technically get a photo of it, it was rather disappointing (a slightly hazy sky with high ice crystals probably didn't help):
The galaxy - over 2000 000 light years away - is the fuzzy thing on the right. This is what that picture should have looked like (courtesy of Stellarium):
The problem is, you can't take a really long exposure photograph of the sky unless you have a motor synchronised with the sky's relative motion. It's a bit silly really, trying things like this with a compact camera alone, but it's fun!
That galaxy is easily visible with binoculars - and even with the naked eye.
I've also tried the Orion Nebula. A tiny bit of nebulosity is visible in this picture (taken on New Year's Eve):
And I've been getting portraits of some of the constellations. Here is Orion:
And here is Lepus:
Those were also taken on New Year's Eve.
Guy