An interesting set of posts. I'd be interested in reports from the over 60 yr crowd. First, I'm just grateful to be seeing....not quite qualified for cataract surgery yet...forced to use my left rather than my dominant right eye...and the loss of at least one visual magnitude. But, even 30 years ago I never experienced what I would call a definite confirmation of color in a nebula. Hints, yeah. And always the double stars; but never the nebula. So, for those of you who are seeing colors, live it up!
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