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Are the Colors in Astronomical Images 'Real'?
In colorful photographs of galaxies, stars, planets, and more, what you see isn’t necessarily what you get
By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. Most nebula photographs you see use combinations of these narrow filters, so how these images look is very different from any unaided first-person view you’d get if you were physically floating nearby. And the images you see from telescopes across—and above—the world can be created in any number of ways, then balanced and delicately processed to enhance their natural beauty.
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