Combining the Great - a photo on Flickriver

            While processing the JWST data for my recently posted Stephan’s Quintet image, I struggled, among other things, with color control. This was hardly a surprise. After all, JWST is an infrared telescope and combining different IR wavelengths into something that looks natural is not an easy task.

While I am reasonably satisfied with my result, I wasn't able to reproduce the beautiful hues we all love from Hubble - the other famous space telescope.

This had me thinking...

Astrophptographers often combine data captured with different instruments and over a rather long time span. Would I be able to combine my JWST image with data from the Hubble Space Telescope?

For this, I first processed my own version of Stephan's Quintet with Hubble data. Fortunately, this proved to be much easier than my JWST processing. 

After aligning the two results, I was now able to blend them into a single HST/JWST image, which combines the best of both worlds: The subtile colors of Hubble and the stunning IR detail from JWST.

Data courtesy to Space Telescope Science Institute

Taken on: February 27, 2024

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