[poconopundit]

Question from a novice: how are we to interpret the various colors in the composite image?

What does the green color composed of? What about the fringe pink lighted area? Are we looking at this nebula from the top down?

Curious if there’s a simple explanation for laymen? Thanks.

[coloradan]

Most of the wavelengths JWST can detect are invisible IR, so they use “false color” in which they assign red, green, and blue to different channels, amost alwys invisible. False color is also how radio images and x-ray images are also typically presented, because you can’t see those wavelengths either.

[Bob Ireland]

***how are we to interpret the various colors in the composite image?***