Good camera for capturing the night sky?

I want to buy the girl I love an amazing camera. She wants one that can capture the stars and the moon in good detail. Id like for it to be a dslr and preferably canon. I can do Nikon too though. My price range is between 500 and 1000. This is for an amazing girl so please help me.

There's NOTHING magical about Canon cameras or really any of the digital SLR cameras

What you need to shoot a starry night is a wide angle lens and digital SLR. An entry level camera comes with a 18-55 mm lens and at 18 mm, she can get some amazing shots, but in addition to this gear, she will need a tripod and remote shutter release because the exposures are going to be from 20 to 30 seconds long.

Right now you can buy a refurbished Nikon D3300 with two lenses, the 18-55 mm and a 55-200 mm lens for under $480. This will give you enough wiggle room for the sturdy tripod and remote shutter release.

HOWEVER, when it comes to shooting the moon, she will need a much longer lens.

I use a 500 mm with 2x teleconverter to get a full moon to fill most of the camera's frame (see second link). This lens combination costs around $9,000. There's a way around this however. A good 1000 mm Newtonian telescope costs less than $400, so with a little planning you can get exactly what you need. All dSLRs are good and to shoot the moon, I advise you also get a long telephoto lens to go along with the kit lens. Some dSLRs are offered with two zoom lenses. That's what you want.

The camera is one thing, picture quality is another. Results will depend on how good the photographer is. Being armed with a dSLR does not guarantee she will get good pictures. There aren't magical cameras, if you need to shot the moon, use a 400mm telephoto lens or up, they're up to 300 dollar used, a good lens for landscape is the Nikkor 10,5 f2.8.
Otherwise if she wants to shot planets forgot regular lens and check for catadioptric, a good one is the russian MTO 1000mm, with an m42 teleconverter 2x she gets 2000mm, on c-mos sensor x1,6 is about 3200mm. You can see planets like Jupiter, but the quality isn't such good.
Remember that she have to study and practice.

All dSLRs are good and to shoot the moon, I advise you also get a long telephoto lens to go along with the kit lens. Some dSLRs are offered with two zoom lenses. That's what you want.

The camera is one thing, picture quality is another. Results will depend on how good the photographer is. Being armed with a dSLR does not guarantee she will get good pictures.

There aren't magical cameras, if you need to shot the moon, use a 400mm telephoto lens or up, they're up to 300 dollar used, a good lens for landscape is the Nikkor 10,5 f2.8.
Otherwise if she wants to shot planets forgot regular lens and check for catadioptric, a good one is the russian MTO 1000mm, with an m42 teleconverter 2x she gets 2000mm, on c-mos sensor x1,6 is about 3200mm. You can see planets like Jupiter, but the quality isn't such good.
Remember that she have to study and practice.