Before and after of the Veil Nebula over 5 years blew my mind

I was going through some old hard drives and found a widefield shot I took of the Veil Nebula back in 2019 from my backyard in Tucson. Just for fun I set up my scope at the same spot last week and took another one. The difference is crazy the new photo has way more detail in the faint hydrogen and sulfur clouds because I stacked way more exposures this time (90 vs the old 20). Has anyone else gone back and reshot an old target and been surprised at how much better it looks now?

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simon_wood7218d ago

Stacking more subs is a total game changer, got me way better results too.

ross.river18d ago

Worth noting the diminishing returns kick in after a certain point though.