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Old 29-09-2013, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post
Interesting article.

But the picture of Orion in this article shows the defocused Betelgeuse indeed the same yellowish color as a halogen lamp.
I think that's more to do with how the colour in the article appears on computer screens - another whole dimension to colour perception that we have to deal with nowadays. Defocused Betelgeuse is definitely orange-red in my scope - although as a bright point-source can still seem whitish.
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