Above: Wide field of Milky Way Galaxy. Shot taken from a Central Minnesota Bortle 3 site on July 12th, 2026 around midnight. Camera used was a Canon M200 with a Rokinon 12mm f2.0 lens. Exposure was 20 seconds at 3200 ISO. Minimal processing.
Below: First attempt at a wide field of the Milly Way Galaxy. Shot taken from a Central Minnesota Bortle 3 site on May 3rd, 2025 around 5AM. Early morning is the only time the Milky Way is visible in the spring. On this date 5AM was shortly after moonset and just before astronomical twilight. Camera used was a Canon M200 with a Rokinon 12mm f2.0 lens. Single 5 second exposure at 8000 ISO. Raw file processed and denoised in DXO.
