Yeah, I’ve done a few Milky‑Way sessions myself. First, I scan the sky for the light‑pollution map—dark sites are usually 30 to 50 mag/arcsec² in the B‑band. If you’re in a place that’s only 40 mag, you’re fine; anything brighter than 35 and you’ll start to see the Milky Way blur into a wash. Next, I set the camera to a large aperture—f/2.8 or lower if you can. The exposure time is a trade‑off: about 15–20 seconds works for most scenes, but you can push to 30 seconds if the sky is very dark and your sensor can handle it without too much noise. I usually use ISO 800–1600; at ISO 800 you get a good balance between sensitivity and noise. To keep stars crisp, I set the focal length to 14–24 mm, which gives a wide enough field to capture the galactic plane but isn’t so wide that stars become streaks. Finally, I bracket the exposures a couple of times and stack them in software; the noise drops dramatically and the faint dust lanes show up. Just remember to check the histogram after each shot—no clipping on the Milky Way’s bright knots and no over‑exposure on the stars. Happy shooting!