M45

Hi. I couldn't resist taking this at 4:30am on Monday morning. It was still not really that high but it is always a treat to photograph this. I got 4 frames of 3min at ISO1600 with my Canon 20Da before it got light. I used Noise Ninja and Gradient X Terminator for further processing after combining with MaxIm DSLR. M45 is surprisingly difficult to photograph properly and mine is more in the "pretty pictures" category as there are a few imperfections. Can't wait till later this year to try again!
Ivan

Scope: Tak Epsilon 180ED.

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Looks good Ivan,
It also looks like Gradient X Terminator may have done more damage then good. On my monitor I can see some severe gradients and several halo reflections scattered about. If your monitor is set a little dark they may not show. My monitor is not calibrated (for color) but I try to keep it set according to the grayscale charts on various web sites.

http://www.xylocopal.com/x/chart/grayscale.html

Do you see what I'm seeing or do I need to re-do my monitor settings?

Robert