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JWST: NIRCam - NGC 4449 by Thomas Carpentier (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 6 months ago by loops to c/space
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[–] loops 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I assume that this picture is almost entirely artistic impression since (afaik) it's not from the JWST team. I think this would look much like any other space photo if done with true colour ~~but I don't know for certain~~.

*True, this is NGC 4449 as viewed by the HST

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