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Old 13-03-2014, 09:53 AM
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Other that the variation caused by dust absorption the emission line at Hb is 50% of the Ha emission......
For visual I think they're selling the filter based on the sensitivity of the eye being greater at the yellow/ green compared with the red.
This is not strictly true either when you consider a dark adapted eye - rods and cones etc.
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