Hi Debra,
I don't really do astrophotography as a hobby on a regular basis, but a few years I ago I tried taking some aurora photos when the northern lights were visible in Iowa during a geomagnetic storm. I had to do fairly long (30 second) exposures with the lens and film I had available, but the photos came out ok. I would have put one of the photos in this post for you, but the photos are not on the Internet and the message board will only let me link to photos that are already online.
Kris