After months of cloudy skies, I managed to snap a clear pic of the Milky Way

I mean, idk, but I'm kinda proud of this one.

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It looks pretty hazy to me, like there's still a lot of light pollution washing it out. The core should be way more defined against the dark sky. Maybe it's the camera settings, but my shots from a real dark site show way more stars and depth. This just seems faint and grainy compared to what you can actually see out there.

shane3571h ago

Light pollution makes astro photos look washed out. Heard from a photographer that camera settings can only do so much against city glow. True dark skies are the real fix.

johnwest1h ago

Yeah @shane357 is totally right, you can only fight the city glow so much. My own attempts look like I pointed my camera at a gray sweater, even with a star tracker and stacking. The noise just takes over. Gotta drive hours for a real dark sky, it's the only fix.