The back yard of my home in central NJ is where I do most of my imaging.
The sky is never very dark here due to light pollution (Bortle scale 7) but with a little determination successful astrophotography is possible.

My imaging equipment as of 6/2025
Celestron C8 Edge with Celestron OAG
Sky Watcher Esprit 100 F/5.5 Super APO refractor with QHY OAG
Celestron CGE German Equatorial Mount with Gary Bennett cable mod
ZWO EAF focusers
Pentax Takumar 67 medium format lenses: 75mm f/4.5, 150mm f/2.8
Rigel Systems usb-nStep belt drive focuser
ADM dovetail plates and Parallax tube rings
QHY 268M CMOS camera
ASI290MM mini guide camera
AstroDon 5nm Ha OIII and SII filters
Wanderer 240mm flip flat field panel
Deep Sky Dad flip flat panel
NINA for mount and camera control
PixInsight Photoshop