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Old 07-27-2008, 08:30 PM   #7
daguy

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Are most of those images taken in the visible light spectrum or not? Could we theoretically travel to one and see it with our own eyes? That would be beyond belief.
Half-no and yes. Most of the images are either false-colour or composites - i.e. they're either taken in infrared and then processed into visible colour differences, or they're taken at multiple visible/infrared/ultraviolet light wavelengths and then blended together. However, many of the objects imaged do produce visible light emissions, so you could theoretically travel to them and see them with your own eyes.
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