M7: Open Star Cluster In Scorpius : M7 Is One Of The Most Prominent Open Clusters Of Stars On The Sky.

PLUTO 2015

NASA

NGC 3576, an emission nebula in the constellation of Carina 6,000 light years away. -image via paulhaese.net

The Soul Nebula.

47 Tucanae

Orion Nebula from HAWK-1 js

This beautiful supernova remnant is the product of a huge stellar explosion in our neighboring galaxy — the Small Magellanic Cloud (📷 : NASA)

I Zwicky 18 - One of the Strangest Known Irregular Galaxies

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Eta Carinae and Keyhole Nebula (NGC 3324), inside the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)

A storm on Saturn so gigantic it’s “eating” it’s own tail.

Do telescopes actually take colorful photographs or are the pretty colorful photographs of galaxies that we know colored afterwards? If a human was floating through space, would space look colorful to them?

So some pictures are taken in different wavelengths to see different characteristics. (infrared wavelengths to see through thick gas and dust, xray wavelengths to see highly energized regions)

But, in the visible wavelengths you are seeing the colors. They’re just enhanced brighter than they might be.

For example, I took this picture of “the California Nebula” using a camera (Canon 60Da) attached to a telescope. This shows one exposure, and the background is red due to effects of the camera (which you subtract):

You take multiple exposures, combine them, subtract the background effects & adjust the color a little and get this…