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Agreed. A few years back I spent many hours with a telescope trying to find nebula in the sky. Turns out nebula look like grey clouds, not like psychedelic pos
by DanielBMarkham 11y ago
Agreed. A few years back I spent many hours with a telescope trying to find nebula in the sky.
Turns out nebula look like grey clouds, not like psychedelic posters.
I know this stuff makes for some really sexy press, but it doesn't do much help for the general public who has an interest in science but not much time to figure out what's real and what's not real.
- X-Istence 11y agoThe psychedelic colours are from the different light forms that are represented, such as UV/infra-red and others.
- DanielBMarkham 11y agoYes. For those readers who are interested, they assign the primary colors to various important parts of the spectrum representing various elements. Watched a wonderful set of lectures from The Great Courses that explains this. Highly recommended for laymen who are interested in astronomy. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-the-universe-an-introduction-to-astronomy-2nd-edition.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-the-uni...