Finally got sharp moon shots after a year of blurry ones

I was so frustrated with my moon photos looking like fuzzy eggs until I tried stacking 50 frames in Autostakkert last night. The detail on Tycho crater was insane compared to just a single shot. Has anyone else had luck stacking vs single frame for lunar photos?

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andrewt414d ago

Was it a single exposure issue or were you fighting atmospheric blur the whole time? I had the same problem until I realized my cheap tripod was vibrating in the wind. Stacking cleaned up the noise way better than I expected, even just 30 frames made a huge difference on my old 8 inch dob.

tara7003d ago

That point about the cheap tripod vibrating in the wind hit a little close to home. I used to think stacking was just for people with super expensive gear and perfect skies, like a crutch for having bad equipment. But I gave it a shot with my own setup last month and honestly it changed my mind completely. Even with just 20 frames from my wobbly tripod, the final image looked way cleaner than anything I'd gotten from a single long exposure. Now I'm almost embarrassed I dismissed it for so long.