Number three of a variation on a post processing theme - this included the palm trees and kids playing on the beach for context

Harbour at Newcastle, Co Down, N. Ireland

Absorbing a fleeting moment
Vaisakhi parade, Vancouver, BC

This photograph is right at the limits of unguided fixed tripod imaging of astronomical subjects. I have been intrigued with other's photos that use "stacking" of multiple exposures to build detail in the Milky Way but I wanted to take a run at shooting it with a single pass shot in dark skies without an equatorial mount. This is the result.