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Originally Posted by SkyViking
The nova appears pink because we are really viewing the light from an expanding shell of ionised hydrogen which emits strongly in both the red and blue part of the optical spectrum. These emmissions give the nova its strong pinkish colour, similar to emmision nebulae which are also predominantly pink/magenta in hue.
Regards,
Rolf
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Either that or your optics suffer from severe Chromatic Aberration.
Seriously though what a great capture Rolf, very very interesting indeed.
Well done and thanks for sharing.
Andrew
