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Old 24-07-2014, 09:02 PM
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It would be 99% the OIII regions Ray. Our eyes are virtually blind to Ha, (Ha is near infrared) which is the red we see in photos but we have peak sensitive to green. The bluish / green areas of photos would be what our eyes see. That's why OIII filters work so well visually for nebula.
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