Busting the Myth of Wasted Pixels On Color Astrocameras

Half the pixels on a color astrocamera are for the green channel, so they go to waste because there is almost no green in space. Right? That's the myth anyway, but when we look deeper into it we discover it's only a myth.

Comparing color and monochrome camera sensor performance in astrophotography: http://www.nightanddayastrophotograph...

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