IMAGING HISTORY by Antonio Peña COLOR FROM B+W The three spectroscopic plates at left recorded with the UK Schmidt Telescope on B, V, and R spectroscopic film were combined to produce the color image of the Rho Ophiuchi nebula complex below. When Color Came from Down Under Astronomy had to wait nearly 100 years before one astronomer popularized the color of the universe. 30 N OV E M B E R 2 018 * SK Y & TELESCOPE