I finally got the Orion Nebula to look right after I stopped stacking 50 frames and just shot 15 good ones

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lilychen2mo agoMost Upvoted

Totally get that. Chasing more frames can really mess up a clean shot. I did the same thing on the Andromeda galaxy last year, kept adding data thinking it would fix my mediocre tracking. Ended up with a noisy, soft mess. Sometimes less really is more if the subs are solid.

danielm482mo ago

Yeah, "less is more if the subs are solid" is so true, @lilychen. I read an article once that said stacking more bad data just teaches the software what noise looks like. It really stuck with me.

abbyr961mo ago

Ever wonder if that's why some people's stacked images look worse than a single sub?