When planning your shot, you have to take a few things into consideration as there are certain factors that can affect it. See Galactic Centre for more info.
Ideal Location Characteristics
- Light Pollution
An ideal location should have minimal light pollution. this will help to take longer exposures without having a colour cast on the sky coming from other sources. This will also help to capture more stars on the sky. This also means that there should be no moon at all, or if there is, it shouldn’t be bigger than half moon. - Points of Interest
You should make sure that you have a subject in front of your composition. It can be rocks, arches, lighthouses or even ancient buildings.
Determining Galactic Centre Position
To be able to determine a Galactic Centre, you can Planner or Night Augment Reality tool from PhotoPills
Photography Techniques
There are several variables that may have an impact on a successful shot.