While in Congo, you seem to have captured an image or a celestial object, and you’re wondering if it’s the Milky Way. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system, and it appears as a dim, milky band of light stretching across the night sky, a result of millions of stars clustered together. From Congo, the Milky Way is visible and can be quite spectacular, especially in regions with little light pollution. If you pointed a camera at the sky and captured an image with a dense field of stars concentrated in a band, you may indeed have photographed the Milky Way. To improve your identification:
Time and Location: The Milky Way is most visible in Congo from March to November in the night sky. Optimal viewing is typically just before dawn during these months.
Appearance: It should appear as a densely packed, foggy-looking band of light arching across the sky, intensifying around the constellation Sagittarius, its galactic center.
If the image matches these descriptions, you likely captured the Milky Way.