M-27 LRGB

Subject:	M-27 Hourglass Nebula
Telescope:	Takahashi CN-212 f/3.9 Newtonian Mode
Mount:	Losmandy G-11
Imager:	SBIG ST-7 non-E non-ABG CFW8
Image Details:	An LRGB color composite image using SBIG CFW8 filters. Image times: Luminance: 33 minutes. Red: 10 minutes. Green: 10 minutes. Blue: 24 minutes. The luminance files were averaged. RGB files were summed. After the LRGB combine, the file was then edited to remove blooming spikes and then saved as a JPEG. August 2002.

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