alphaQuad wrote:
> "Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
>> One thing I wonder at: Most photographs of nebulae we are shown by NASA, are
>> in false colour? So, what is the real aspect? I suppose just a cloud of
>> fairly monochromatic light?
>>
>> Thomas
> 
> Not much to see in the visible spectrum
> 
> Detail in the visible wavelength is not as good as others so they take pictures
> in the other wavelengths. The new detail gets a color, which could only be
> "false" by default.

Yeah, the visible spectrum is a sliver compared to everything else. 
Nebulae *are* lit by stars, aren't they? Surely there must be something 
to see, using *really* sensitive film. Night vision probably wouldn't 
capture the real colors, so some other method would have to be used.

Sam

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