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Barry, I appreciate your thoughts.
My take is that, if I were close enough to M42 to appreciate the colour (without suffering a bad dose of high energy particles and radiation) then I would like my astro images to show me that colour I'd see IF I were closer.
I do care about the colour; the false colour images are there for a purpose and they present their data well; but for aesthetic appreciation of an object, the "actual" colour is what I'd like. To me there is some art in the images I see here on Ice In Space, and I acknowledge the skill and the artistry, and the images can be both captivating and useful for science. But for my own appreciation of the object - let me see it as it would be if I were closer.
I do appreciate that in a number of cases, the overwhelming light from a primary would absolutely cook out any chance I'd have of seeing the surrounding glow. Turning the glare down with a digital version of sunglasses is OK. But the minimum is good.
Regards,
Tony Barry
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