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Warning: I avoided Milky Way photos due to city lights.
I thought my backyard was too bright for galaxy photos. Last Friday, I tried with a basic DSLR. The raw image was a mess, but after some simple edits, the spiral arms showed up. Now I'm into urban astrophotography. Guess I was wrong about dark skies being essential.
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ward.jason7mo ago
Skeptical about those visible spiral arms from a city backyard. Sounds like maybe some heavy editing created what you wanted to see, not what was actually there. The core might show up, but real structure needs dark skies, that's basic science. You might be chasing noise and calling it dust lanes.
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adams.vera7mo ago
I used to agree with the "basic science" point about needing dark skies too. But after trying it myself from my suburban driveway, I saw more detail than I expected. It's not just noise, there's real structure if you know how to pull it out.
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