M45, The Pleades

This is an image that I put together last night of the Seven Sisters. It is shot thru my FS-78 at F/6.4 (.8 reducer) with a ST10xme. It consists of 45 min L, 15 min RGB each.(15 min subs) Processed with CCDsoft and Paintshop ProX. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I am still having a tough time with processing. I plan to get a copy of Photoshop as soon as I can but for now I am still trying to use Paintshop Pro. Thanks for looking, Tom

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This one was shot thru my TOA-150 at F/7.3 with a ST10xme. It consists of
L=60m, R=15, G=15, B=15 min. There is some gradiant that I can't get rid of. Also, there are several motes (donuts) in the image so I must have some dust in the optical train. I did't notice them in the previous image, kind of strange. Thanks for any help, Tom

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