by inVINCeable » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:19 pm
This question flies so far below all the other topics I've seen in the last day I've been perusing but it's something I've always wanted to know. Consider this an idiot's disclaimer. I'm not even an amateur, just a dude who likes learning what he can, when he can. All that being said...
A lot of the images that you see of space (nebulae, galaxies, etc...) are in pretty amazing color. I've always assumed this was something added on to the original image just to make it look better. However, only some of the pictures note them as "false-color". I'm curious what the true nature of the majority of space photos are. Do they mostly come in the black and white spectrum while only a few show true color? If anyone happens to have a link to an article about this subject, I'd be interested to read it.
Thanks in advance for your time and sorry to bother you,
Tim
This question flies so far below all the other topics I've seen in the last day I've been perusing but it's something I've always wanted to know. Consider this an idiot's disclaimer. I'm not even an amateur, just a dude who likes learning what he can, when he can. All that being said...
A lot of the images that you see of space (nebulae, galaxies, etc...) are in pretty amazing color. I've always assumed this was something added on to the original image just to make it look better. However, only some of the pictures note them as "false-color". I'm curious what the true nature of the majority of space photos are. Do they mostly come in the black and white spectrum while only a few show true color? If anyone happens to have a link to an article about this subject, I'd be interested to read it.
Thanks in advance for your time and sorry to bother you,
Tim