People often talk about astrophotography as if it begins when the stars come out. In practice it begins much earlier, with frontal timing, humidity, wind, moonrise, road access, and whether the valley you are heading into is about to fill with cloud.
The image is only the end of the chain. Most of the work is in learning which compromises matter and which ones simply mean you should go home and try again on a different night.
Why that matters to the edit
A good night-sky frame is not made honest by pretending the conditions were perfect. The conditions are the picture. They shape colour, atmosphere, sharpness, and what the land is doing underneath the sky.