[Mickoid (Michael)]

On Wednesday night I took advantage of some clear skies and travelled out to a darker site ( about Bortle 4-5 ) just 30mins from home. The sky glow from LP was much less and the Milky Way was considerably brighter. I managed just under 1 hour on the Rho Ophiuchi region with a mixture of 1 and 2 minute subs at 1600iso using a 50mm f1.8 lens and a modded Canon 550d mounted on a Sightron Nano tracker. Transparency and seeing weren't great and there was a fair bit of wind but it beats trying to get this object from my backyard. The close up is a crop of the wide field.