Managed to sneak in 7.5 subs of 5 mins (had to cut the last short thanks to cloud, hence x7.5
) of M 45 a couple nights back 1 day after full moon. Taken JUST prior to moonrise.
Not really pleased with the result - blotchy, too blue - will try toning it down more. Not much detail out of these subs, but I can build on it somewhat - better yet, restart the lot.
Certainly not APOD
Vixen FL102S, Skywatcher NEQ6 with Orion SSAG guiding, Canon 5DMkII (stock-standard, no cooling)
Link to better quality image .png:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9670/m45f.png