M45 28/02/21

[Bobby1970]

Thought i would have a crack at this, despite the moon. lol

40x120s subs, 30 darks. 72mm Semi Apo refractor, ZWO 178MC. Captured using ASiAir Pro. Processed in Startools, Paint.net and windows photo editor.

I have and continue to have trouble selecting an optimal gain setting tbh, i had been using 270 and things constantly look noisy to me and are even more difficult to process.

So i knocked the gain down to 130 for this and it seems to have helped somewhat. Some stars still look very big though not sure what the best course of action is with them.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Chefgage]

Very nice. I too imaged this over the weekend. Not processed it yet though.