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It can be fun even at a moderately dark area and minor light pollution.
Firstly you have to manually focus the camera. Your image is badly out of focus. It can be tricky to focus at night depending on your camera. Usually magnified live view on a DSLR at the highest ISO.
If that doesn't show it clearly enough then focus on a bright distant light until its sharp. Again magnified live view is best.
Otherwise autofocus on a distant object during the day then turn autofocus off and perhaps even tape the focus ring with some non marking tape (like the blue masking tape at hardware stores in the paint section). Then your camera is focused ready to go at night.
You need a lens that will be sharp fairly wide open and preferably F2.8 to let enough light in to get a bright enough exposure.
Samyang 14mm F2.8 lens is "cheap" and works well for this.
Then use a high enough ISO for the image to show. To start best to use ISO1600-3200 depending on your camera. Some modern cameras will even do ISO6400. A 14mm lens will take up to 30 seconds of exposure before stars start to elongate.
Greg.
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