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The Hubble telescope takes pictures in black and white. The color is added later!

The Hubble telescope takes pictures in black and white. The color is added later! NASA says that taking color pictures with the Hubble telescope is much more complex than taking pictures with a regular camera. The reason for this is that the telescope uses special electronic detectors instead of using film. The finished pictures that we see are actually combinations of various black-and-white exposures to which color has been added. Sadly, this means that sometimes they play with color as a tool. The colors you see on a photo aren't...

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Published By: OMGFacts - Monday, 28 May, 2012

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