>>2626192>come on guys, I'm not the only one taking night sky pictures? Its the perfect time of the year to take milky way shots.I try, but I don't get very much that's worth posting. Illinois is a shitty state for many reasons, but one of them is that even the most rural areas of the it are pockmarked with these little farm towns. I drove 400 miles round-trip tonight and this was the best I could do in terms of darkness within that range. Andromeda and the galactic center both had to fall right on top of light domes from those worthless little towns that show up every five miles in any direction. I was also greeted by a huge swarm of insects as soon as I opened my car door.
DeepSkyStacker is being a pain and crashing, so here's one lousy frame. 60 seconds with my ancient Peleng 8/2.5 fisheye, wide open.