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		nothacking_ 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why you can't color calibrate deep space photos That's really just photography in general. Mapping an analog input (photocurrent) to a pixel brightness.

monkeyelite 5 months ago [–]

That’s technically true - but the goal is to recreate the image for human perception.

The nasa images are colored artistically with no correspondence to how it would look if you were to visit.

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