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Old 28-04-2012, 06:48 AM
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Here's a question along the lines of colour. Would perceived colour through a filter count? I imagine it would.

Last weekend I sent a couple of hours on M20, the Trifid Nebula, at a dark site. Using an Omega Optical OIII/Hb filter with my 17.5" dob, M20 had a definate purple colour to it. Very surprising considering purple is a colour that our eyes are not very sensitive to, and in a DSO I would have thought impossible to see. It wasn't the typical pale greenish tint seen in many bright nebulae. Very beautiful.
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