Had some beautiful skies tonight. Pic was taken at 8:30pm. in the dark. A tripod would be a big help to sharpen them up, but still quite pretty considering handheld. (http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv247/pukingguts/DSC_0633.jpg)
Wow! That is pretty!
You did good for 2.5 second shutter speed!