Whoops!!!!
My apologies Brian!
I've just read you post again and for the first time read "Antares small companion" not "Antares".
Who is it that needs to get their eyes checked???
Sorry mate!
I can't say I've noticed the colour of Antares small companion, but if its the same temperature as the sun, it will appear white. Not sure what effect being a little bit hotter (probably) or cooler than the sun would have, but you generally don't here about green stars (because they are white
).
I think you might be right about the contrast effect, though. If so, you could test the hypothesis by moving Antares just out of the FOV (or occluding it - maybe not so easy to do?). Once Antares is out of view, it should look white.
Al.
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Originally Posted by sheeny
It looks really red/orange to me. I can't say I've heard of it being seen as green. I don't want to sound like I'm have a go at you, cause I'm not, but have you been tested for red green colour blindness?
I could understand an occasional green flash when its low in the sky or during bad seeing...
As an afterthought, I would suggest that the reason sun is historically portayed as yellow probably has to do with seeing it late in the arvo and early in the morning, through more atmosphere which scatters away the blue light. Purely a speculative, guess on my part.
Al.
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