I will be fortunate to be away in June near Maroon Dam QLD, and I found Stellarium, which tells me that the milkyway should be visible between sunset and moonrise at 9:24pm.

That works perfectly for me as I won't need to get up in the wee hours of the morning

I was planning on using Deep Sky Stacker and take multiple static (no tracking mount) photos with my D7200.

So baring cloud cover issues.., has anyone got tips for me to improve my chances of getting (hopefully somewhat) awesome photos?

I've got a couple of f1.8 primes (35mm & 50mm) and my 16-80 f2.8-4.

Should I be using on of those primes for the f1.8? or my 16-80 for the wide angle?

Anything else that might help?

Regards,
John