Bit of an ironic title. I went on an Astrophotography workshop, which was more just an excuse for me to be able to get out to dark skies. But the moon was past half full, we had a dust storm, and QLD is currently on fire, so there's a lot of overall haze in the sky and the core wasn't that visible.
I did get to borrow a torch though, and figured I'd try something like this. :)