I have been experimenting over time the different ways of doing a Milky Way panorama.
I like this approach as its quite practical and I have worked out a reliable processing workflow.
This is 10 panels of 5 images each, aligned and stacked. Lightroom for preprocessing then aligned and stacked in PixInsight then Photoshop for final colour.
Sony A7r2, Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8 lens.
The Milky Way is in a good position right now being just past the zenith after dark so I'll be doing some more this weekend.
http://www.pbase.com/image/166234587/large
Greg.