Re: [APML] Astronomy Magazine M8

[Dean Ketelsen <ketelsen@as.arizona.edu>]

>My real question is, what does everyone think of the color rendition of M8
>in the Sky Gem spread of the January issue.  Is this a correct color
>rendition in some un-named color space?  It is credited to N. A. Sharp at
>NOAO/AURA/NSF but no image wavelength data is given.
>
>Anyone else think it's strange?

Hi All-
	I just got off the phone with Nigel Sharp - he indicates it is
indeed an approximation to visual appearance.  He complains that ALL
pictures of emission objects are much too red.  Astronomy merely 
downloaded it from the NOAO website, and in my opinion, did a great job
of reproducing that image.  You can judge for yourself at
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0473.html.

					-Dean

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