I just double checked the settings and the night vision is forced to ON. If it is set to OFF, then you will get color recordings. If it is set to AUTO, it might switch between black/white and color, depending on how much light is available.
Over Christmas, I had 2 cameras pointed in the same direction. One had night vision ON and the other OFF, in hopes of getting a color shot of a meteor. Still have to go through that footage.
I would be curious, if they ever upgraded the pan cam with the starlight sensor from the v3, if you could get it to automatically track a pass of the ISS?
I’ve already replaced the lens in my pan cam and v2 cams with several focal-length telephoto lenses to see if I can optimize their use outside - the v3 may be the next in the experiment