Idea: Digital Night Photography

I have been interested in trying night photography almost as long as I've been doing photography, but lately my interests have been piqued all over again. I know we will be doing night photography in class, but I also want to try it with a digital camera. Lately I have been seeing a lot of photos on Instagram of landscapes taken at night with a DSLR, and the way it captures the stars and the night sky is amazing. It also could be interesting to do a comparison - maybe a diptych of sorts - of a film photo and a digital photo both taken at night.