PSA: Stacking multiple short exposures beats one long exposure for nebula photos

Everyone told me I needed a 10-minute single exposure to get good detail on the Orion Nebula, but after 3 tries I only got blown out cores and star trails. I tried stacking 30-second exposures instead with my Canon T7i and got way better contrast without the overexposure. Has anyone else ditched the long exposure guides for stacking shorter frames?

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the_tara2d ago

Yeah, that blown out core is such a pain with longer exposures, isn't it?