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Can you see DSOs in colour just with your eyes?

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Just now, Nova2000 said:

But I'm sure of Orion's green glow

Yep, me too. Even in small scopes it is visible. I actually find LP helps with this as your cones are stimulated enough to detect the colour.

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David has it as far as my experience goes. Quite ironic really, if you are at a really dark site and fully dark adapted, you are less likely to see colours in smallish scopes. From my fairly light pol

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14 minutes ago, Stu said:

Yep, me too. Even in small scopes it is visible. I actually find LP helps with this as your cones are stimulated enough to detect the colour.

then I'm sure I've seen some color in a 8inch dobsonian in a bortle 5 sky.

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this is getting me interested in how the eye functions now . Time for some reading 😊

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