About a minute and a half of the south-facing sky from our deck this evening

It is a dark and clear night tonight so I took a picture of the Milky Way. I used my 8mm lens, the widest I have.

I don't really know what the green glow on the horizon is. The view is looking South and there is not very much lit up in that direction. Probably the group of three service stations on the highway about twenty km from here.

Being a minute and a half long, the picture shows each star as a short line rather than a pinpoint. I used a high ISO already but I may try it another time with an even higher one to shorten the shutter speed.

I actually used a tripod. This tripod was a gift from my wife about 1980, a nice solid one. I hardly ever use it, nor any of the three or four lighter-weight ones I have. But it is better than trying to aim the camera when it sits on a railing.