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This web site explores the use of different wavelength filters to generate Hubbble Space Telescope color images. The use of natural color, representative color, and enhanced color is explained.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=478">Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach. HubbleSite: The Meaning of Light and Color in Hubble Images. Baltimore: Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach.</a>
(Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach, Baltimore), WWW Document, (https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/the-meaning-of-light-and-color).
HubbleSite: The Meaning of Light and Color in Hubble Images (Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach, Baltimore), <https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/the-meaning-of-light-and-color>.
HubbleSite: The Meaning of Light and Color in Hubble Images. (n.d.). Retrieved April 30, 2025, from Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach: https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/the-meaning-of-light-and-color
Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach. HubbleSite: The Meaning of Light and Color in Hubble Images. Baltimore: Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach. https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/the-meaning-of-light-and-color (accessed 30 April 2025).
HubbleSite: The Meaning of Light and Color in Hubble Images. Baltimore: Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach. 30 Apr. 2025 <https://hubblesite.org/contents/articles/the-meaning-of-light-and-color>.
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