M-17 The Swan Nebula

Subject:	M-17, The Swan Nebula in Sagittarius.
Telescope:	Takahashi CN-212 in Newtonian mode
Mount:	Losmandy G-11
Imager:	SBIG ST-7XME non-ABG
Image Details:	This is a color composite taken with a 10 minute red luminance layer, and RGB color layers in 5:5:8 minutes. The images had flat, darks and biases used for processing, followed by a luminance layering done in Adobe Photoshop. 3-August-2004.

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