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DingGratz t1_j1o86jh wrote

Can I ask a really dumb question?

When we see these "clouds" in space, are we looking at gaseous material or is it just a bunch of relatively-close stars?

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MineTorA t1_j1pc7aq wrote

That is a bunch of gas and "dust" that's being illuminated by stars in and around.

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Myshoesareloose t1_j1psxg7 wrote

I also have an even dumber question. Just HOW do people take these? How does the camera catch these details but not our eyes? Is this believable

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rider4life02 t1_j1qfpvz wrote

Cameras an telescopes have bigger surface collecting light than pur eyes. Also these picture are stacked. That means you take a video of the target you want the picture of and a program breaks it down to frames and you layer those frames (the good ones) on each other with another program so you can get a high resolution picture like these. These are very good ones.

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