Re: (IAAC) color preception and culture

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• Subject: Re: (IAAC) color preception and culture
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Fri, 09 Oct 98 13:18:19 -0400
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>Some disciplines have developed color charts that can be visually
>compared to some item and the color reported in some formal, often
>numerical, manner. Unfortunately, I cannaot readily think of how this
>can be applied to visual astronomy, since it requires a direct
>side-by-side comparison between the object and chart. Maybe it might be

Actually William, if I remember right, the Webb Society Double Star
Observing Handbook (don't have publisher info handy at the moment)
describes a numerical method for rating colors of double stars.

Anyone here from the Webb Doubles group, who might elaborate?

Lew

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