Man, this is a good catch and it goes further than most people think: those tiny corrections don't just blur the dim stuff, they add up across 40 frames into square little stars and soft corners that you'll blame on your optics. Check your subs at 200% and run a quick blink through them before stacking so you catch the jumps while you can still toss the bad ones. A stack hides a lot of sins, and the dim gas is usually the first thing to pay for it.

The shade always lies" is a good rule for more than dig sites, since we tend to pick the easy path and then wonder why it came up empty. I see it at the grocery store, folks grab the closest cart without checking the wheels, and sure enough it pulls left the whole trip. The extra ten seconds on the front end usually pays off more than the comfort does.