[l3gendluk3 (Luke)]

I took a nice picture of M42 a couple of nights ago even though it was really close to the moon. My friend and I had a discussion about what will get a better image my 5" or his 6". In normal situations we would have both agreed it would have been the 6" but M42 was really close to the moon. Would the larger aperture be worse in this case, bringing in more of the moonlight?

Thanks,

Luke