ESO- Zooming into the Helix Nebula. HD 720p

This zoom sequence starts with a wide-field view of the rather empty region of sky around the constellation of Aquarius. As we close in we can see the faint ring shape of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), one of the closest planetary nebulae to the Earth. In the final sequence we see a new image of the Helix taken in infrared light with the VISTA telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson/S. Brunier/A. Fujjii/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind)

[SpaceKills]

@gobodrodiont space telescopes operate all sorts of visual enhancement in order to highlight different compounds, ultraviolet, infrared, spectra lines isolations, data and chemical analysis with the highest photometric accuracy, it doesn't sound like photoshop at all since the images you see come directly from a telescope, photoshop is a program to alter and create pictures AFTER the pictures have been taken, 2 completely different concepts

[SpaceKills]

@htmnlee do you really think the most advanced space telescope would need such a cheap program as photoshop? and why? they're built to get as much detail as possible, we have loads and loads of very high definition pictures from hubble telescope and you come up with such an idea, what would be the point for nasa to have advanced gear then?

[gobodrodiont]

@SpaceKills2 In reality, all that you see with telescope has no such bright colors.

[Ace]

hmm, I don't think I will be able to find that with my binoculars