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Emission from sulfur atoms is shown in red, hydrogen atoms in green, and oxygen in blue," As per the last Pictured of the day description of 17.01,2009" is this right or green from sulphur & red from hydrogen? somebody correct me please thank you

hazza wrote:Emission from sulfur atoms is shown in red, hydrogen atoms in green, and oxygen in blue," As per the last Pictured of the day description of 17.01,2009" is this right or green from sulphur & red from hydrogen? somebody correct me please thank you

Sulfur:red , hydrogen:green & oxygen:blue is what is stated as well as
being the color scheme most (though not all) APODs use for these elements.

neufer wrote:Sulfur:red , hydrogen:green & oxygen:blue is what is stated as well as being the color scheme most (though not all) APODs use for these elements.

This particular choice of narrow band filters, assigned in that order, is also known as the "Hubble palette".

Here's link? http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090117.html

BTW hazza welcome to the asterisk

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