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Old 04-05-2014, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Stevec35 View Post
Interesting shot Steven. It seems to show the blue stars more prominently which is I suppose what you would expect.

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Steve
That's correct Steve.

Blue stars of spectral type O and B have blackbody curves that peak in UV and therefore emit light in the NUV range.

It's the reason why I combined the NUV and B colour data which accentuated the blue colour in the image without wrecking the colour balance as NUV is progressively weaker in types A, F, G, K and M stars.

Clear skies

Steven
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