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    $\begingroup$ Thank you, I'll read through this today! $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Jul 20, 2020 at 0:02
  • $\begingroup$ I am close to understanding most of your substantial, well-researched and well-sourced answer, thank you very much for this! In reference to the last sentence "That’s why that object ended up looking green - they weighted the “bright” green data twice as much as the “bright” red and blue data." I'm not sure I agree. I think the object, if bright enough would "look green" to us too, and the double weighting is a necessary aspect of attempting to render somewhat realistically. While it is a given that named color assignments are somewhat arbitrary and subjective, it really was green, no? $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Jul 26, 2020 at 3:37
  • $\begingroup$ No, it is basically white. See my edits / additions to my answer above, showing the post-outburst data separately. $\endgroup$
    – Eric Jensen
    Commented Jul 26, 2020 at 22:04
  • $\begingroup$ This is amazing work, thank you very much! $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 4:05