How to Make Full-Color Images from Infrared Data | James Webb Space Telescope

How to Make Full-Color Images from Infrared Data | James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope’s raw data initially appear in black and white. Here, Alyssa Pagan, a science visuals developer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, shares how staff assign color and compose Webb’s final images to emphasize scientifically valuable details. She also explains how infrared light is different than visible light, and how staff compose the final full-color images.

Read the companion article "How Webb Full-color Images are Made?":

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/how-are-webbs-full-color-images-made

The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Danielle Kirshenblat of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Video and Writing Team:

Greg Bacon, Jackie Barrientes, Claire Blome, Joseph DePasquale, Quyen Hart, Joyce Kang, Danielle Kirshenblat, Kelly Lepo, Alyssa Pagan, Yessi Perez

Special thanks to Leah Hustak, Macarena Garcia Marin, Christine Warfield

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA and STScI

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 1 minute, 50 seconds 

Release Date: July 6, 2023

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