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Old 17-01-2018, 09:58 PM
Stevec35 (Steve)
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Originally Posted by Atmos View Post
It is true, it’s just whether that star there is the central white dwarf or not It is an odd colour which is what sparked my interested but that can be caused by other processing techniques as well.
White dwarfs do emit a lot of short wavelength radiation (UV etc) so you would expect it to be bluish. Of course my colour balance could be out (not unusual).
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