Finally the clouds clear to give a crisp night last night. I was playing around a framing wizard while looking at DSO to do with my cooled camera ( second light ).
I ended up here as I could get both in view but could've centered better and re-centring just kept jumping around, so I cleared the alignments and went with first snap. Anyho here it is with space donut, I know the issue with that all good.
45 x 180s 90 gain 20 offset
Darks
Stacked in DSS
Modified in Star Tools
What f/l scope are you using ? I recently shot Gabriel with my 800mm and I had a fair bit more room around the pair. I agree having the cluster in the frame really adds to the shot but I’d probably try and push it to the top left and not worry about the nebulosity around it and that will bring Gabriel closer to center as the main feature. Framing really is a subjective thing though so take my advice with a grain of salt.
