I think we can see some colour from the brightest object, such as Messier 42, and planetaries due the high surface brightness probably. But this is where it gets tricky - one sees green, one blue and one nothing at the same moment, I have tested this with my non-astronomy friends Others are more sensitive to blue light and so on. And with larger telescopes, objects become brighter and so on show colors more easily. Also seeing colour depends a lot on sky conditions. All planetaries look pretty much grey from my backyard but under dark skies, almost always show some kind of colour.
So is the Blue Snowball nothing more than #!"#!? Sometimes, yes, but under dark skies and @ low power, one might see it as blue.
If you wanna test this colour thing, try for example M4, M13, M42, NGC 6543, NGC 7662, NGC 2392 and so on and share what ya can see with the group.
Jake
PS. Always put star-gazing before your study! PPS. Fine mods, the word's changed now, hope yar all happy now
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Others are more sensitive to blue light and so on. And with larger telescopes, objects become brighter and so on show colors more easily. Also seeing colour depends a lot on sky conditions. All planetaries look pretty much grey from my backyard but under dark skies, almost always show some kind of colour.
