Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiraz
thanks guys - comforting that there are many different opinions.
|
Yes, we make a lot of aesthetic decisions on how we portray the data we capture and this is just another one, IMHO
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiraz
Rick, doubt we ever get close to dealing with Airy disks - wish the seeing was that good - even occasionally would do. |
Get a FSQ-106, Ray! Your Airy disk in red would be about 3 arc sec.
Or, move your gear to SRO
Our Ceravolo 300 at SRO should have an Airy disk a little over 1 arc sec and the seeing is often better than that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiraz
my basic problem I guess is that "really bright" on the screen implies that all pixels of all colours are flat out - surely that means that really right stars cannot have colour in an image that tries to use the whole dynamic range? A pure colour can only have about 1/3 max brightnesss?
|
I'm happy with white cores on bright stars. I just like to see some colour around the core. As David Malin tells us, stars are black body radiators and should have pastel colours, so they can be brighter than 1/3 max.
Cheers,
Rick.