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[deleted] t1_iu69bgo wrote

Reply to comment by Kind-Honeydew4900 in Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation by meowcat93

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meowcat93 OP t1_iu6t5zi wrote

No it’s a different instrument from the previous version.

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WholeSilent8317 t1_iu7awmm wrote

this isn't always true. different instruments take photos at different wavelengths. only some photos need to be recolored to reflect reality. notice i said reality? the colors aren't "made up", it's how the object would appear to your human eye. they change the color because they take photos in different wavelengths, like infrared. it's like taking a photo of yourself in infrared then changing the colors to what you look like to the human eye

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WholeSilent8317 t1_iu7axhp wrote

this isn't always true. different instruments take photos at different wavelengths. only some photos need to be recolored to reflect reality. notice i said reality? the colors aren't "made up", it's how the object would appear to your human eye. they change the color because they take photos in different wavelengths, like infrared. it's like taking a photo of yourself in infrared then changing the colors to what you look like to the human eye

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