[APML]: telescope photography

[Jim Fedina <jfedina@sbsusa.com>]

I'm really new to astrophotography and I'm probably going at full steam,
but just want to know my limitations. I've been looking at getting a
universal camera adapter and T-ring to hook up my Ricoh camera to my
Meade 114EQ-D F/8 telescope. It's an equatorial mount with no tracking
motor at all.
What I would like to know is, can I use my camera on this department
store telescope? If I can, with a 25mm eyepiece in the focuser, how long
would the exposure time be for a picture of the Orion Nebulae? The same
question for a 10mm eyepiece. Would I need to get a tracking motor for
the scope to do what I would like to do, which is get closer photos? I
plan on picking up a book or two at the library on astrophotography, but
figured I'd ask the group also.

Thanks in advance,
Jim Fedina