Let's see what happens if we crank the nside up to 64. nside=64: Skipped 0 observations Flushed 0 observations from queue for being stale Completed 255435 observations ran in 82 min = 1.4 hours nside=32: Skipped 0 observations Flushed 3 observations from queue for being stale Completed 254779 observations ran in 37 min = 0.6 hours So, changing the resolution results in a 0.26% change in number of exposures. ~2-3 exposures per night, maybe around 80s.