Vent: I used to think stacking 10 frames was enough for a decent deep sky shot

After a clear night in Tucson last month, I tried stacking 50 and the noise reduction was like night and day. Has anyone else found a specific number where the quality really jumps?

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spencer66413d ago

Oh man, totally feel that. For my setup, the jump from like 30 to 60 frames was the real game changer for cleaning up the background. @grantl94 has a point about target brightness though, a faint nebula needs way more frames than something bright like Orion.

grantl9413d ago

Tucson's dark skies probably helped a lot with that jump. Was your gear or target the same for both the 10 and 50 frame stacks? I'm curious if the subject brightness changes that magic number.