Are NASA Photo Colors Fake? | All about Mono and Color Cameras | Why I (Almost!!) Only Use Mono 

Reading some of those comments that you splashed on the screen, was enlightening. I can't believe how naive some people are, haha. Taking a wavelength of light that we can't see, and changing it to a wavelength that we can see, is just logical.

tysm, well explained and researched. Your channel subscriber count is going to blow up soon!

Wow, thank you, Space Koala. This video is a great introduction to how color works in astrophotography. I hope you create more content like this. I've subscribed!

I couldn't agree more: the creation of astrophotos and its colour is a combination of science, art and individual preferences. For the latter two, every combination of colours is allowed. However, if true colour representation is desired, scientific rigorosity is required. If narrowband line emitters, such H alpha, emitting at 656,28nm with a bandwidth much smaller than 0.1nm, are shall be represented in the RGB space in its true colour, then it must be placed exactly at R=255, G=000 and B=082.

It's really sad to see so many ignorant comments online. Also, If said people had even half an idea of the effort us amateur astrophotographers make to aquire and process these beautiful images, they'd likely change their tune!? Awesome video, very well made, easy to follow and very engaging! just found your channel, and you have my subscription! 👌👍x

Impressive presentation and depth of knowledge! Even with my humble DSLR files I have found SPCC to be indispensable for accurate color calibration. Agreed that we are very fortunate to have that tool. Beautiful imaging work too. Thank you!

I agree with others so far, great job on Explaining this topic, the best I've seen so far. I have not shot with mono yet And just received my first (zwo) color Cooled camera, the next step up from Using a canon DSLR, with a go-to mnt I'm aware how mono is processed but This was explained very well. And when I process an image I usually Google other people's and also try to find the most true image I can, but the end result is, I will do a second process of what I like to see, what visually pleases me because I agree It's also an art form, and expression No rules to art, I play 5 different music Instruments, and by self expressing Not by rules as long as it sounds good to me, and maybe others is all that matters. My next camera will be mono, I can't wait! Thank you for The video post! Great job! 😊

I do EAA and do one shot color photography. Emission nebula almost always shows up as red. Reflection nebulae vary. Dark nebulae are shadows. "Astrophotographers" are not photographers. They are artists. That is why any random one hundred "photos" of most emission nebulae look so different from each other. Thumbs up, just the same.

great explanation on LRGB and SHO image acquisition. good job!

Best video I have seen to explain color in astrophotography. Very nice work. 😊

Outstanding! You are very good and your content is refreshing. Thank you!

Beautiful images! Great explanation!

Great explanation!

Really nice colors on your Rosette shot. The classic SHO palette is a favorite of mine.

Good Work, thank you!

well done - glad I found your channel. Excellent video - thank you

Well said. You broke down the pros and cons of each method (colour vs Mono) wonderfully. Many thanks! But, I do find processing mono data easier than colour. With colour combination tools you quickly get a master image that is easier to tweak than working with colour images shot through LP filters or multi pass filters. IMO

Super informative, cool video! Thanks! :)

This is a fantastic explanation of how color works in astrophotography. Thank you!

Excellent presentation and explanation. I am on the verge on "going mono" 🤪Subscribed.

That's a good explanation of how DSOs are recorded. Question please: A while back you presented new features of the ZWO Seestar through a firmware update, but many of those new features disappeared with the next firmware update. One of them was drizzling that was there, then gone. Have you heard anymore about why this happened? Thanks, Michael

Absolutely Brilliant - Thank you for breaking a complex subject understandable

According to Trevor Jones, he only gets an improvement of ~14% going with Mono over One Shot Color, but its worth it to him. Remember folks, the deeper you get into anything, the more you see the subtle differences that the pro's are trying to improve upon, sometimes obsessing over. So if your just getting into AP, or its little brother Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EAA), Tiny Steps and Patience are your friend. You'll get there. Thanks! -mike

Thanks for explaining this so well. One note on pronunciation: it’s dee-bayering, not duh-bayering.

This is the first video I have watched on the topic. But I can't imagine finding anything better. I am now a more more knowledgable photographer. Thank you very much, you are great!

The reality is, if you were in a space craft near the nebulas, they wouldn't look like the Hubble photos. However, as it is highly unlikely I will be booking a trip to Orion any time soon, you can go as hard as you like mucking about with the colours to show off pretty patterns in the clouds as it's all fantastically outside my normal every day life. Where I get upset is the Milky Way/landscape photos such as in the recent annual awards, utterly garish if not downright repulsively over processed. The Milky Way does not look like a psychedelic spew, I've seen it & it's white when not drowned out by light pollution or the moon. Very pretty and wonderful, it does not need to look like a rollercoaster careering about a colour palette to impress.

I am huge fan of one shot color cameras because the lousy conditions at my nothernly latitude. And for the final result there are no 'real' or 'fake' colors because none of my deep sky images looks like the blue green visual impression seen in my telescopes... 😊 There are no colors in nature, color is about visual perception created by our brains.

My main problem in the South West UK is them Injecting the sky with reflective particles that leave a thin layer hanging about for days, clear blue sky's are disappearing. According to the UK's Met Office recently their video "injecting the sky" says its a reflective layer, but i'm guessing the particles don't only reflect on one side. Astro photography and our health and the health of trees and plants, is doomed if this continues.

Hmm. I used to work with NASA colleagues on space projects. What should I think about this title?

Great video, thanks for the explanations! You have now a new subscriber. People who freak out about those colors should read the book "The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes" by Donald Hoffman. Reality is not what we think and color images are just a simple example of this. :-)

Even after proper explainging astrphotography properly, those ignorant people still won't understand it.😂

Never went to moon. Nasa means to deceive. Large movie studio. Why so much helium? Hahahaha

But They Did Lie About Neptune,Its More The Color Of Uranus..Great Video🙏🏻❤️✨🪽🔭