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False-Color Image
An image in which colors are assigned to represent specific wavelengths of light—often outside the visible range—to highlight physical processes or chemical compositions in astronomical objects.
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APODs including "False-Color Image"
IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
30/09/2001
NGC 253: X-Ray Zoom
07/06/2001
The T Tauri Star Forming System
04/06/2001
Another Comet LINEAR Breaks Up
21/05/2001
Planet Building in HD 100546
02/05/2001
Abell 1795: A Galaxy Cluster's Cooling Flow
08/12/2000
IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
07/09/2000
AR9077: Solar Magnetic Arcade
20/07/2000
A Giant Starspot on HD 12545
12/07/2000
X-Ray Ring Around SN1987A
12/05/2000
BOOMERANG Images The Early Universe
03/05/2000
Abell 2142: Clash of the Galaxy Clusters
06/03/2000
Unusual Aurora During Solar Wind Dropout
23/12/1999
Halos Around the Ring Nebula
22/09/1999
Eruptive Prominence
08/07/1999
Shadow Of A Comet
02/07/1999
Io Shadow
23/04/1999
HR 4796A: Not Saturn
05/02/1999
Solstice Sun In Soft X-rays
21/12/1998
Jupiter: When Storms Collide
22/10/1998
An Active Region of the Sun
16/06/1998
HR 4796A: A Recipe for Planets
22/04/1998
El Niño Water Rhythm
13/01/1998
Comet Hale-Bopp Outbound
10/09/1997
Seven Jets from Comet Hale-Bopp Credit:
13/11/1996