Need some help please!!!

OK, I have a Nikon D50 with standard lens and a tripod. But i can't get it to take pictures during night - when it's dark. I set it to apenture auto, but have no idea what to set the shutter speed to extra and this always seems to change when i change the other settings. It's getting ridiculous now - i should be able to take pictures already.
Any advise - n i've attempted to understand the manual.
Thanks
Conor

Set it to M not Auto Aperture. Set the Aperture to F8 or above and then look through the view finder at what you want to ake a picture of and watch the +______|______- bar at the bottom inside the viewfinder. Make it read into the middle and not side to side.

Go pick up a field guide for the D50 and a book on lighting then read.

OK, Thanks, anyone anymore suggestions on how they shoot? Or....how i should =S

Its a digital camera take lots of pictures, you can always go into the EXIF data of the image and read what it was set at for that image.

OK, Thanks ALOT for the info