r/milkyway 14h ago

Entertainment Summer night

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59 Upvotes

r/milkyway 1d ago

Smal human

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116 Upvotes

Canon EOS 7d and Sigma 17-70mm f2,8-4. ISO 1600 and 15 Sekunden.


r/milkyway 3d ago

Milky Way Panorama

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232 Upvotes

r/milkyway 6d ago

Milkyway, saxony, Germany

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245 Upvotes

r/milkyway 6d ago

The cosmic Eye of Sauron: a radio view of the Milky Way's center and Sagittarius A*

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83 Upvotes

Credit: MeerKAT Telescope and Heywood et al. 2022.

Description: Colored regions in this image represent areas of high radio emission in the 1.28 GHz band. Seen at the center of the image as a bright region is the supermassive black hole, which sits at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*. The entire image covers less than 6.5 square degrees of the sky (~13 full moons on the sky).

Read More: Science News Article & Original Paper


r/milkyway 9d ago

Outhouse with a view

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333 Upvotes

Image of an epic view from Grouse Ridge Lookout in Nevada County, CA. This is a working pit toilet built to support a fire lookout (not shown) on the top of a granite peak at 7,653 ft.

Image: 8 sec, f1.8, 24mm, Sony A7iv, ISO 3200


r/milkyway 9d ago

Personal What a night to Star Gaze!

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Milky Way season is my Favorite part of summer as a Nature Photographer! Perfect conditions tonight to gaze upon the night sky and all her beauty. Always in awe’s


r/milkyway 15d ago

Milky Way over Greek Lake

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313 Upvotes

Nikon Z6 Samyang 14 mm f2.8

Sky - 17 stacked photos taken at iso 5000 for 5 seconds each

Foreground - 1 single at 800 iso for 2 minutes, f4

Edited in photo shop, then stacked in sequator, then back to photoshop to create the composite, then dark table for the wide angle lens correction

Constructive feedback is welcome!


r/milkyway 18d ago

PHYS.Org: XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way's outer spiral arms

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r/milkyway 19d ago

O contraste perfeito: a força da natureza tropical moldada contra o mistério de uma noite estrelada. 🌌🌴

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r/milkyway 21d ago

Milky way core in La Palma

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277 Upvotes

Stacked/Blended/Tracked

https://www.instagram.com/flory.ro?igsh=b3Y4ZTU3Nmk0cTBt&utm_source=qr

I was looking for a Tajinaste, one of the iconic symbols of the Canary Islands, and I was lucky enough to find it beneath the famous Mirador de Los Andenes. In front of me, a volcanic landscape rises above a sea of clouds that gently blankets the villages below, while one of the most breathtaking night skies in the Canary Islands unfolds overhead.

• Sky: Canon R + Canon 6D | 3-panel panorama | 120s | f/2.8 | ISO 1600
Ha 6x120 s| f/2.8| ISO 3200
• Foreground: 180s | 1/2.8 | ISO 3200


r/milkyway 25d ago

Ladakh, India and Milky Way 🫰🏽🫰🏽

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138 Upvotes

r/milkyway 28d ago

Galactic core in Tuscany

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599 Upvotes

Stacked/Blended/Tracked

Cappella della Vitaleta | Galactic Core

ig: https://www.instagram.com/flory.ro?igsh=b3Y4ZTU3Nmk0cTBt&utm_source=qr

My first galactic core image had to be in Tuscany✨

The illuminated Cappella della Vitaleta beneath a fiery sky, with the heart of the Milky Way dominating the Val d’Orcia.

Shot with Canon 6D astromod + Canon R | Canon 50mm f/1.8 | tracked with nomad

Sky 15x120” ISO 800 f2.8

Land 6 shots bracketing

Ha 12x120” ISO 3200 f2.8


r/milkyway 28d ago

Personal The Milky Way (and me) on the Alvord Desert Playa in Oregon. Southeastern Oregon has some of the darkest skies in the US.

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246 Upvotes

Took this photo Monday night/Tuesday morning around 2am. This was a single shot, 10-second exposure, 6400 ISO, shot on a Sony a7RV, with a 20mm f1.4 Sigma lens. I took more than 600 photos over the course of the night, and this is one of my favorite single shots. I plan to do some stacking with some of the others. The gear photo was taken with a Pixel 9 Pro in Night Sight mode.


r/milkyway 29d ago

Milky Way over Sunflowers

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501 Upvotes

Learning how to stack/edit Milky Way photos. This was a good learning project. I might redo it in the future as I get better with editing.

Nikon Z6 Samyang 14 mm f2.8

Sky - 15 stacked photos taken at iso 5000 for 5 seconds each

Foreground - 1 single at 800 iso for 3 minutes, f4

Stacked in sequator Edited in darktable Composite work done in photoshop Final touches in Lightroom

I think this needed heavier editing than normal since the moon was slightly out and casting a lot of light


r/milkyway Jun 18 '26

Entertainment Two Seasons in a Single Frame - Krnčica Mountain Range, Slovenia [OC] (2200x1618)

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358 Upvotes

Two Seasons in a Single Frame - Krnčica Mountain Range, Slovenia

Vlog: https://youtu.be/AaMciInCRhY

The original plan for this night was a 50mm Milky Way panorama. But after two attempts and some very strong wind up in the mountains, I had to adapt and switch to a wider lens.

No regrets though.

Fresh snow under the summer Milky Way is not something you get to see every day. Winter on the ground, summer in the sky. Still hard to believe this was taken in May

Ha mod Nikon Z6 & Viltrox 16mm F1.8
MSM Nomad
Astronomik 12nm Ha clip in filter
Kenko Softon A

Landscape:
7 images panorama (focus stacked)
single image settings:
ISO 1250, 16mm, F1.8, 60sec

Sky RGB:
7 images panorama
4 images stacked per panel
single image settings:
ISO 1250, 16mm, F1.8, 60sec
+ 30sec with a star glow filter

Sky Ha
Panorama
single image settings:
ISO 4000, 16mm F1.8, 120sec
4 images stacked per panel


r/milkyway Jun 17 '26

Milky way at Valmy windmill, France

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235 Upvotes

Hi! I posted a picture of a Bortle 5 milky way a few days ago. It looked good but there was still a lot of light pollution. Yesterday I went a bit farther, near Valmy, which is a Bortle 3.6 location. And yeah it was worth it.

Canon M50, 24mm F2.8, 15 seconds, 2000 ISO.

Lightroom for colour treatment. Still quite a bit of noise due to high ISO and small sensor but I like it!


r/milkyway Jun 15 '26

Bortle 5 Milky way

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268 Upvotes

Taken on a Canon M50 APS-C sensor. 24mm, F2.8, 3200 ISO and 15 seconds exposure. Near Reims, France.

Quick Lightroom treatment. No stacking, no tracker. Not as impressive as we can see here but still happy with how it looks considering it's a Bortle 5,2 location near a big city.


r/milkyway Jun 06 '26

Education Smithsonian Magazine: The Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy Seems to Be Blowing Wind—Just as Scientists Long Theorized

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r/milkyway Jun 05 '26

Milky Way over Franconia Ridge, NH 20-5-26

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645 Upvotes

r/milkyway Jun 04 '26

Entertainment Milky Way Oppo X8 Ultra

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702 Upvotes

Milky Way shot with Oppo X8 Ultra (with main 1" inch sensor)
-All single shot exposures 15-30 sec, iso 6400.


r/milkyway Jun 04 '26

The New Zealand Milky Way shot on an iPhone.

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616 Upvotes

r/milkyway Jun 01 '26

Entertainment The Milky Way Core Above the Krnčica Mountain Range [OC] (1955x2200)

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2.0k Upvotes

Vlog: https://youtu.be/AaMciInCRhY
IG: https://www.instagram.com/matejlele/

There is something special about this transition period in the mountains. This is a 28mm view looking toward Mount Krn, where the high ridges are still locked in winter snow, but the summer Milky Way core is already rising high and bright above them.

Getting the alignment right with the snow-covered ridge took some work, but seeing that frozen foreground contrast against the warm, detailed glow of the core made every bit of the freezing night hike completely worth it.

Ha mod Nikon Z6 & Sigma 28mm F.14 ART
MSM Nomad
Astronomik 12nm Ha clip in filter

Landscape:
2 images stacked for noise reduction
single image settings:
ISO 1250, 28mm, F1.8, 60sec

Sky RGB:
4 images stacked
single image settings:
ISO 1250, 28mm, F1.8, 60sec

Sky Ha
8 images stacked
single image settings:
ISO 4000, 28mm F1.4, 60sec


r/milkyway May 25 '26

Entertainment The Milky Way over Iowa fields

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2.3k Upvotes

r/milkyway May 19 '26

Entertainment milkyway at lake viola, puschlav, switzerland.

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523 Upvotes