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I was sure the Andromeda shots in this group were heavily edited until I tried stacking myself
I always figured those crisp galaxy photos people post here had to be mostly artificial color or some Photoshop trick. Finally borrowed a friend's Star Adventurer mount last month and tried stacking 120 frames of M31 from my backyard in Bortle 6 skies. The detail that came out of DeepSkyStacker honestly blew my mind. Has anyone else had that moment where you realize the equipment matters way more than you thought?
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wilson.jana18d ago
Wait, stacking 120 frames from Bortle 6 actually pulled out that much detail? That's wild... I figured you'd need dark sky sites and way more expensive gear for results like that. The difference between a single frame and a stacked image must be absolutely insane.
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the_sam18d ago
100 stacked frames is basically magic for noise reduction, the difference is night and day honestly.
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