Ophiuchus / Scorpius Milky Way

I'm still enjoying what are still, to me, the glory days of film
astrophotography. Here is an composite of two images taken in the early morning of March 22. I pushed the E200 1.5 stops and used the 165 lens @ f/4.8 to maintain a flat-field. In only 45 minutes the film was getting sky fogged, but then again it was
very low on the horizon. My sky at the time was mag 7 at the zenith and SQM readings around 21.7. I was pushing Bortle class 2, a rating I get on several
occasions at my location when the air is especially clear and dry.


Two frames combined in Photoshop each taken with a Pentax 67 165mm f/2.8 @ f/4.8 45 minutes exposure on Kodak E200 Pushed +1.5 stops