Re: [APML] OT: true vs false color

["Shekhar Borde" <shekhar@prodigy.net>]

I have seen an pretty (false) color images of the
Rosette using H-a, OIII, and SII for red, green and blue
respectively.  It's an NOAO image.

Here it is:

http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0557.html

Shekhar


> Hello List:
>
> I just saw an unusual picture of the Rosette Nebula taken with a massive
340
> megapixel CCD on the CFHT:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2936235.stm
>
> Are the colors real or false?  I don't remember ever seeing such colors in
> amateur photos of this nebula.
>
>
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