Colors of the Universe

Every object in the catalogue, with its views, the meaning of their colours and their sources. This list carries the same information as the atlas, without the 3D canvas.

Stars 14

• Aldebaran Alpha Tauri1 view · #FFD2A2

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 3,927 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 3,927 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 3,927 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFD2A2

• Alpha Centauri A Rigil Kentaurus1 view · #FFF1EA

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 5,792 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 5,792 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 5,792 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFF1EA

• Alpha Centauri B Rigil Kentaurus B1 view · #FFE9D8

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 5,231 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 5,231 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 5,231 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFE9D8

• Antares Alpha Scorpii1 view · #FFCB94

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 3,660 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 3,660 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 3,660 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFCB94

• Arcturus Alpha Bootis1 view · #FFD9B2

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 4,286 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 4,286 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 4,286 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFD9B2

• Betelgeuse Alpha Orionis, α Ori3 views · #FFCA91

  A red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 3,600 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 3,600 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph. Effective temperature measured on 2020 February 15, during the Great Dimming.

  #FFCA91

  

  VLT SPHERE image, December 2019 Enhanced visible colour

  One of the sharpest images of the star’s surface, taken in visible light; the colour is assigned for display. Filters listed by the publisher: H-alpha (645 nm).

  Credit: ESO/M. Montargès et al.

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  ALMA view at millimetre wavelengths Mapped non-visible data

  Millimetre-wave emission from the star’s lower atmosphere, shown with an assigned colour scale. Filters listed by the publisher: 890 μm.

  Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/E. O’Gorman/P. Kervella

  #AC6B35#0B0000#240301#FEBA5C#4C0E01#F17401#A03501

• Menkar Alpha Ceti1 view · #FFCF9B

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 3,796 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 3,796 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 3,796 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFCF9B

• Muphrid Eta Bootis1 view · #FFF4F3

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 6,099 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 6,099 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 6,099 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFF4F3

• Pollux Beta Geminorum1 view · #FFE4CA

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 4,858 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 4,858 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 4,858 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFE4CA

• Procyon Alpha Canis Minoris1 view · #FFF9FF

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 6,554 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 6,554 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 6,554 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFF9FF

• Sirius B the Pup1 view · #A5BEFF

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 25,193 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 25,193 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 25,193 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph. Sirius B is a white dwarf.

  #A5BEFF

• Spica Alpha Virginis1 view · #A6BEFF

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 24,800 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 24,800 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 24,800 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph. The temperature is a mean for a rapidly rotating, gravity-darkened star in one model.

  #A6BEFF

• Sun Sol, our star3 views · #FFF1EA

  The star at the centre of the Solar System, a G-type main-sequence star.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 5,772 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 5,772 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph. This is why the Sun is described as white in visible light.

  #FFF1EA

  

  SDO HMI continuum, 10 October 2024 Enhanced visible colour

  HMI records the visible continuum near 617 nm in one band. The orange colour is a colour table applied by the SDO team; one band cannot record the Sun’s colour.

  Credit: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams

  #FA9310#FCAB1B#FD8F02#FD6C01#D24803

  

  SDO AIA 171 Å, 10 October 2024 Mapped non-visible data

  Extreme-ultraviolet light at 17.1 nm, emitted by plasma near a million kelvin in the corona. Our eyes cannot see it; the gold colour is assigned by the SDO team to this channel.

  Credit: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams

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• Tau Ceti1 view · #FFECDE

  A star whose effective temperature has been measured as about 5,414 K.

  Calculated blackbody colour at 5,414 K Calculated visible-colour model

  The colour a perfect blackbody at 5,414 K would have, calculated with the CIE 1931 2° observer and shown as chromaticity only, so the brightest channel is full. A real star’s spectrum has absorption lines and is not a perfect blackbody, so this is a model, not a photograph.

  #FFECDE

Planets 8

• Earth Blue Marble, the Earth2 views · #949AA6

  The third planet from the Sun and the only world known to support life.

  

  Apollo 17 “Blue Marble”, 7 December 1972 Approximate visible appearance

  A photograph on colour film taken by the Apollo 17 crew, so its colours come from visible light recorded much as a camera of the time would record it. Film, exposure and later scanning still shape the colours.

  Credit: NASA/JSC

  #949AA6#B5B8C1#D8DBE0#8991A0#5A687E#2C4262#091E40

  

  Blue Marble Next Generation, December 2004 Visible-light composite

  A cloud-free global mosaic built by NASA from a month of MODIS observations in red, green and blue bands, with shaded relief added. It is a composite, not a single view: clouds were removed on purpose.

  Credit: NASA Earth Observatory (Reto Stöckli), Blue Marble Next Generation

  #7C7F87#03081C#0B1D3A#E8EBEE#193D6F#524B31#A0998A

• Jupiter3 views · #AFA089

  The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System, a gas giant.

  

  Hubble OPAL portrait, 27 June 2019 Visible-light composite

  Combines three narrow visible-light filters. The caption describes a more intense colour palette in the clouds; the colours depend on the filters and processing chosen. Filters listed by the publisher: Ca II (395 nm), O III (502 nm), O I (631 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

  #AFA089#CDB596#E4DABD#A7947C#45443C#786A58#191D1B

  

  Cassini true-colour simulated globe, December 2000 Approximate visible appearance

  NASA describes this as a true-colour simulated view built from four Cassini images taken on 7 December 2000, reprojected onto a globe.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

  #7C797A#7E7874#9A9696#605A57#413C39#B3B7C1#1C1A18

  

  Cassini colour map of Jupiter Approximate visible appearance

  Built from 36 Cassini images taken on 11–12 December 2000. NASA says that although the raw images are in only two colours, 451 nm blue and 750 nm near-infrared, the map’s colours are close to those the human eye would see.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

  #9D9B96#87837A#A49F96#979086#7C786E#C8D1D6#B9B8B5

• Mars the Red Planet2 views · #A98565

  The fourth planet from the Sun, a cold desert world.

  

  Hubble view near opposition, June 2001 Multiwavelength composite

  A colour composite taken when Mars was close to Earth; the publisher lists five visible filters and one near-infrared filter. Filters listed by the publisher: B (410 nm), V (502 nm), V (588 nm), R (631 nm), R (673 nm), Near-IR (1.042 µm).

  Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA

  #A98565#736B58#B0865C#EFA55D#808E94#232E2C#ADBACB

  

  Viking global mosaic (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map made from Viking orbiter images processed at the USGS. The colour of such mosaics is balanced and stitched across thousands of frames, so it is a smoothed, processed colour, not one view.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Viking images processed at the USGS

  #9D7756#936D44#A97B48#7B5E42#5D4B3E#C48F53#F5D9D9

• Mercury2 views · #797162

  The smallest planet and the closest to the Sun.

  

  MESSENGER three-filter composite, equal stretch Visible-light composite

  NASA’s caption shows how hard “true colour” is: the same 480, 560 and 630 nm images give different colours depending on how each is stretched. This panel uses the same stretch for all three filters.

  Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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  MESSENGER enhanced-colour map Multiwavelength composite

  NASA says these colours are not what Mercury would look like to the eye: principal components of the colour data and a 430/1000 nm ratio are placed in the red, green and blue channels to separate rock types.

  Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

  #7F7373#645E6F#817773#474665#A99475#D1BD8C#171113

• Neptune2 views · #364FBD

  The eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun, an ice giant.

  

  Voyager 2 green and orange filter view, August 1989 Enhanced visible colour

  NASA’s caption says this picture was produced from images taken through the green and orange filters only. Two filters cannot record the full colour, so its deep blue is a reconstruction, which later reprocessing found too blue.

  Credit: NASA/JPL

  #364FBD#456FFB#3244AA#3A53D4#2B3380#1D2252#0C0C25

  

  Webb near-infrared view, 12 July 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light: methane absorbs so strongly that the planet looks dark, and the rings stand out. Colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: cool stars, steam (shown as blue) (1.4 µm), methane (shown as green) (2.1 µm), water ice (shown as orange) (3 µm), CO (shown as red) (4.6 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

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• Saturn2 views · #ACA5A0

  The sixth planet from the Sun, a gas giant with a broad ring system.

  

  Hubble portrait, 20 June 2019 Visible-light composite

  A colour composite from Hubble’s visible-light filters. Filters listed by the publisher: Ca II (395 nm), O III (502 nm), O I (631 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

  #ACA5A0#B5A697#D9E2E8#928881#CEC0AB#222229#58575C

  

  Webb near-infrared view, 25 June 2023 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light in which methane absorption makes the planet dark and the icy rings bright; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 3.23 μm (shown as orange) (3.23 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Tiscareno (SETI Institute), M. Hedman (University of Idaho), M. El Moutamid (Cornell University), M. Showalter (SETI Institute), L. Fletcher (University of Leicester), H. Hammel (AURA), J. DePasquale (STScI)

  #806759#0A0704#523524#312015#E8D1C2#C9A188#936447

• Uranus2 views · #73828A

  The seventh planet from the Sun, an ice giant that rotates on its side.

  

  Voyager 2 true-colour view, 17 January 1986 Approximate visible appearance

  NASA’s caption describes the left half as true colour, assembled from blue, green and orange filter images; its blue-green comes from methane absorbing red light. Only the left (true-colour) half is sampled.

  Credit: NASA/JPL

  #73828A#8A9CA5#76868F#616E76#4A5357#070604#2E302F

  

  Webb near-infrared view, February 2023 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light with colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.4 μm (shown as blue) (1.4 µm), 3.0 μm (shown as orange) (3 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI)

  #74838A#09090E#2B3135#D5E6EC#4F5657#7C8586#94C5DB

• Venus2 views · #C9C7C6

  The second planet from the Sun, wrapped in thick clouds.

  

  Mariner 10 view, reprocessed 2020 Enhanced visible colour

  NASA reprocessed the original Mariner 10 data with modern software; the caption describes the clouds as mostly white with red-tinted patches. It does not say the colour matches the eye, so it is labelled enhanced.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  #C9C7C6#EBE8E5#D4D2D1#B4B4B6#8C8D8F#57585B#1B1C1E

  

  Magellan radar map (NASA 3D Resources) Mapped non-visible data

  Stitched from Magellan radar imagery, with gaps filled. Radar sees through the clouds; its grey and amber tones are not the colour of light from Venus.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  #B45F1F#B45505#9C4302#C36817#D2863A#7D2F01#E6B67E

Dwarf planets 5

• Ceres1 view · #585858

  The largest object in the asteroid belt and a dwarf planet.

  

  Dawn orthographic view centred on Occator Enhanced visible colour

  A monochrome globe made from Dawn framing-camera images: its grey tones show brightness, not colour, with bright salt deposits in Occator Crater.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  #585858#5D5D5D#4F4F4F#6B6B6B#3B3B3B#181818#858585

• Eris0 views

  A dwarf planet beyond Neptune, similar in size to Pluto. No spacecraft has imaged it up close, so no sourced colour view is in the atlas.

  A sourced visible-light approximation is not available for this entry. Explore its documented representations instead.

• Haumea0 views

  An elongated, fast-spinning dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. No spacecraft has imaged it up close, so no sourced colour view is in the atlas.

  A sourced visible-light approximation is not available for this entry. Explore its documented representations instead.

• Makemake0 views

  A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. No spacecraft has imaged it up close, so no sourced colour view is in the atlas.

  A sourced visible-light approximation is not available for this entry. Explore its documented representations instead.

• Pluto2 views · #A3866D

  A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, visited by New Horizons in 2015.

  

  New Horizons global view in natural colour, July 2015 Approximate visible appearance

  NASA combined LORRI images with Ralph colour data to show Pluto close to how it would appear to the eye.

  Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  #A3866D#090909#D3B294#B49478#90735B#36210F#69503B

  

  New Horizons enhanced colour, 14 July 2015 Enhanced visible colour

  Combines blue, red and infrared images to exaggerate colour differences between regions, as the caption explains.

  Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  #938C87#AEA69E#877D7A#3D201B#D2D1CA#040A0F#5D514E

Moons 21

• Ariel1 view · #838383

  A moon of Uranus.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #838383#808080#898989#777777#9C9C9C

• Callisto2 views · #867B6F

  A moon of Jupiter.

  

  Galileo global view in colour Visible-light composite

  A Galileo colour image; bright impact scars on a dark, ancient surface.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/DLR

  #867B6F#6A5D51#887A6B#A79A8B#49413A#CEC8BC#151B19

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  From the USGS, mosaicked with Voyager imagery. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: USGS, JPL & Caltech

  #9D9D9D#797979#919191#DEDEDE#626262#B1B1B1#464646

• Charon1 view · #A29D9B

  A moon of Pluto.

  

  New Horizons enhanced colour Enhanced visible colour

  Combines blue, red and infrared images to show colour differences such as the reddish north pole.

  Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

  #A29D9B#97918D#B7B2AF#D8D5D4#776E68#454546#171716

• Deimos1 view · #919191

  A moon of Mars.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator; Viking images processed at the USGS

  #919191#828282#747474#C1C1C1#929292#5E5E5E#A5A5A5

• Dione1 view · #B5B5B5

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #B5B5B5#D8D8D8#A3A3A3#8C8C8C#747474#B7B7B7#535353

• Enceladus2 views · #A8A8AC

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Cassini view Enhanced visible colour

  NASA’s caption does not describe the colour processing, so this Cassini view is labelled enhanced rather than natural colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

  #A8A8AC#E0DBDE#B4B7BB#8E9499#656C70#3D4145#131518

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  Mosaic from Voyager imagery. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #DEDEDE#F7F7F7#C7C7C7#B4B4B4#D8D8D8#909090

• Europa2 views · #87827E

  A moon of Jupiter.

  

  Galileo colour view, reprocessed Approximate visible appearance

  NASA reprocessed Galileo images to approximate how Europa would look to the eye.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

  #87827E#ACA29C#828080#35383A#595A5C#121415#D3CAC0

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  From the USGS, mosaicked with Voyager imagery. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: USGS, JPL & Caltech

  #BEBEBE#D2D2D2#BABABA#9F9F9F#EAEAEA#7E7E7E#4E4E4E

• Ganymede2 views · #917D6B

  A moon of Jupiter.

  

  Galileo natural-colour view Approximate visible appearance

  NASA calls this a natural-colour view from Galileo’s first encounter.

  Credit: NASA/JPL

  #917D6B#6D5238#8B735B#AC9784#CCBAA8#50331C#230C04

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  From the USGS, mosaicked with Voyager imagery. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: USGS, JPL & Caltech

  #ADADAD#B9B9B9#D3D3D3#9F9F9F#818181#606060#333333

• Iapetus1 view · #B3B3B3

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #B3B3B3#070707#E7E7E7#C0C0C0#9D9D9D#707070#363636

• Io2 views · #C4B763

  A moon of Jupiter.

  

  Galileo true-colour global view Approximate visible appearance

  NASA describes this as a true-colour global image from Galileo; sulfur compounds give Io its yellows and reds.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

  #C4B763#CFC468#B2A350#F0E585#93803D#6B5729

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  Map from the USGS with colour from a Galileo global mosaic. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: USGS, JPL & Caltech; colour from a Galileo global mosaic

  #AF9761#B18744#906836#C3AC56#D6D293#694B2E#B0B09D

• Mimas1 view · #CCCCCC

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #CCCCCC#F2F2F2#ABABAB#C8C8C8#878787#585858#202020

• Miranda1 view · #808080

  A moon of Uranus.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #808080#7E7E7E#6C6C6C#919191#B4B4B4#474747

• Moon Luna, the Moon1 view · #C1BCB9

  Earth’s only natural satellite.

  

  LRO LROC colour map (CGI Moon Kit, 2025) Approximate visible appearance

  Built from the LROC Wide Angle Camera’s 643, 566 and 415 nm bands, shown as red, green and blue, with exposure and white balance adjusted to more closely match human vision (NASA SVS).

  Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (Ernie Wright), data from LRO LROC and LOLA teams

  #C1BCB9#C6C0BD#D2CECC#B8B2AD#A59E99#888483#E2DFDF

• Oberon1 view · #808080

  A moon of Uranus.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #808080#686868#808080#9E9E9E#4B4B4B#CECECE#191919

• Phobos1 view · #7B7B7B

  A moon of Mars.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator; Viking images processed at the USGS

  #7B7B7B#868686#797979#6C6C6C#979797#5B5B5B#464646

• Rhea1 view · #C1C1C1

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #C1C1C1#B2B2B2#CECECE#EAEAEA#A0A0A0#838383

• Tethys1 view · #CACACA

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Voyager mosaic)

  #CACACA#D0D0D0#BABABA#F2F2F2#9F9F9F#787878

• Titan1 view · #A38536

  A moon of Saturn.

  

  Cassini natural-colour composite Approximate visible appearance

  NASA describes this as a natural-colour composite: the orange is Titan’s thick hazy atmosphere.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

  #A38536#0F0D08#EFC64F#C69F41#987A34#372E18#675326

• Titania1 view · #A4A4A4

  A moon of Uranus.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #A4A4A4#9D9D9D#AFAFAF#8B8B8B#CFCFCF

• Triton2 views · #908B86

  A moon of Neptune.

  

  Voyager 2 global colour mosaic Enhanced visible colour

  NASA’s caption explains that colour was synthesised from orange, violet and ultraviolet images displayed as red, green and blue, so it is not natural colour.

  Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

  #908B86#AFA8A6#716C62#908C87#504E47#D1C7C3#2E2E2B

  

  Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  Stitched together from limited Voyager imagery by the USGS. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #817C77#757066#53524A#9A9692#343532#C2BAB6

• Umbriel1 view · #969696

  A moon of Uranus.

  

  Global mosaic texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour

  A global map stitched from spacecraft images (Viking for the moons of Mars, Voyager for the moons of Saturn and Uranus). The images are tone-matched and largely monochrome, so these tones show brightness more than colour.

  Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech

  #969696#9B9B9B#919191#A7A7A7#7D7D7D

Asteroids 1

• Vesta1 view · #787878

  One of the largest asteroids in the main belt, orbited by Dawn in 2011–2012.

  

  Dawn framing camera, 24 July 2011 Enhanced visible colour

  A Dawn framing-camera image; Vesta’s surface is grey, and the brightness is stretched to show detail.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

  #787878#7A7A7A#686868#8F8F8F#4D4D4D#AFAFAF#151515

Exoplanets 1

• WASP-39 b1 view · #59578B

  A hot gas-giant exoplanet studied by Webb’s spectrographs.

  

  Artist’s concept Artist’s concept / illustrative model

  An illustration: no telescope can resolve this planet. Its colours are an artist’s choice informed by Webb’s spectra.

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, R. Crawford (STScI)

  #59578B#0A0A0B#8887D2#151537#625E9F#3C346F

Nebulae 10

• Butterfly Nebula NGC 63021 view · #6C5356

  A planetary nebula around a dying star.

  

  Hubble WFC3 view, 2009 Multiwavelength composite

  Emission-line filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: U (373 nm), HeII (469 nm), OIII (502 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), NII (658 nm), SII (673 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

  #6C5356#060504#1A130A#3F2B15#70462E#987076#BFA8BD

• Carina Nebula NGC 3372, Cosmic Cliffs2 views · #8B7461

  A large star-forming region in the southern sky.

  

  Hubble panorama, 2007 Visible-light composite

  A panorama assembled from Hubble images combined with ground-based colour data. Filters listed by the publisher: Oiii (501 nm), H-alpha + Nii (658 nm), Sii (672 nm), H-alpha + Nii (658 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

  #8B7461#826043#684A34#927C63#AC9D89#4C3325#D2C6B3

  

  Webb near-infrared “Cosmic Cliffs”, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Near-infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 900 nm (shown as blue) (900 nm), P-alpha (shown as cyan) (1.87 µm), 2.0 μm (shown as green) (2 µm), molecular hydrogen (shown as yellow) (4.7 µm), PAH (shown as orange) (3.35 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  #705560#271D25#693A32#9C634B#223D76#C19C88#4671A8

• Cat’s Eye Nebula NGC 65431 view · #545664

  A planetary nebula with intricate shells of gas.

  

  Hubble ACS view, 2004 Visible-light composite

  Emission-line and broadband filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: Oiii (502 nm), Oiii (505 nm), H-alpha + Nii (658 nm).

  Credit: ESA, NASA, HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

  #545664#01040C#04131F#1B2B35#757886#3E4C54#B0AAC2

• Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation, M162 views · #58585F

  A star-forming region whose dust columns are known as the Pillars of Creation.

  

  Hubble visible-light view of the Pillars, 2014 Visible-light composite

  Visible-light filters including emission lines of oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur. Filters listed by the publisher: Oiii (502 nm), H-alpha (657 nm), Sii (673 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team

  #58585F#435569#423844#6B5745#66777F#38191D#A6B1A0

  

  Webb near-infrared view of the Pillars, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Near-infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: z (shown as purple) (900 nm), P-alpha (shown as blue) (187 nm), 2.0 μm (shown as cyan) (2 µm), PAH (shown as yellow) (3.35 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as orange) (4.44 µm), molecular hydrogen (shown as red) (4.7 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI).

  #605564#1C2744#343C5A#764F45#957A70#495B84#C3B499

• Helix Nebula NGC 72932 views · #4D4645

  One of the nearest planetary nebulae.

  

  ESO Wide Field Imager view Visible-light composite

  Ground-based composite through several filters.

  Credit: ESO

  #4D4645#110F0D#301E17#8C847A#6F4431#296687#BCBAAA

  

  Webb near-infrared view Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.15 μm (shown as blue) (1.15 µm), P-alpha (shown as blue) (1.87 µm), molecular hydrogen (shown as green) (2.12 µm), 3.56 μm (shown as green) (3.56 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm), molecular hydrogen (shown as red) (4.7 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)

  #61463F#151621#342429#5A3737#815348#A87B5E#D2AF86

• Horsehead Nebula Barnard 332 views · #A86D74

  A dark cloud of dust silhouetted against glowing gas in Orion.

  

  VLT view Visible-light composite

  Ground-based composite through several filters.

  Credit: ESO

  #A86D74#D8697D#EEA0AC#241E1E#453C38#6A5C53#98817A

  

  Hubble near-infrared view, 2013 Mapped non-visible data

  Near-infrared light shown in visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: J (1.1 µm), H (1.6 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

  #574C4F#0B0D14#5B322A#595054#32292D#717177#9BA3AB

• Lagoon Nebula M81 view · #68595F

  A star-forming region in Sagittarius.

  

  Hubble 28th anniversary view, 2018 Visible-light composite

  Visible-light filters including emission lines. Filters listed by the publisher: OIII (502 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), NII (658 nm), y (547 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

  #68595F#453F4C#2C2624#7B4C3D#585D6E#947C7E#B1B5B1

• Orion Nebula M42, Messier 421 view · #5E4043

  A star-forming region of gas and dust in the constellation Orion.

  

  Hubble ACS mosaic, 2006 Multiwavelength composite

  Combines visible-light filters, including hydrogen-alpha, with near-infrared I and Z filters, all shown in visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), V (555 nm), H-alpha (658 nm), I (775 nm), Z (850 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

  #5E4043#2A2323#0F1116#4C3530#6E4A47#976068#D8A0A7

• Ring Nebula M571 view · #7F6E6B

  A planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra.

  

  Hubble view, 2013 Visible-light composite

  Emission-line filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: Hß (487 nm), H II (469 nm), OIII (502 nm), Continuum (645 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), S II (673 nm), NII (658 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University).

  #7F6E6B#0C0A06#C48C5D#296495#A4BFBD#522706#AA591A

• Tarantula Nebula 30 Doradus2 views · #635C59

  A huge star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

  

  Hubble panorama, 2012 Multiwavelength composite

  Hubble filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: OIII (501 nm), H-alpha (656 nm), I (775 nm), I (775 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), J. Anderson, S. E. de Mink, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and N. Walborn (STScI), N. Bastian (Excellence Cluster, Munich), L. Bedin (INAF, Padua), E. Bressert (ESO), P. Crowther (Sheffield), A. de Koter (Amsterdam), C. Evans (UKATC/STFC, Edinburgh), A. Herrero (IAC, Tenerife), N. Langer (AifA, Bonn), I. Platais (JHU) and H. Sana (Amsterdam)

  #635C59#373639#1A2330#564D48#786B60#A19586#D3CCC1

  

  Webb near-infrared view, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 900 nm (shown as blue) (900 nm), 2.0 μm (shown as green) (2 µm), molecular hydrogen (shown as orange) (4.7 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  #5D4A46#342623#191717#523933#76554A#987D73#C5B3AE

Supernova remnants 2

• Cassiopeia A Cas A2 views · #5D4E4F

  The expanding remains of a star that exploded about 340 years ago as seen from Earth.

  

  Hubble mosaic Visible-light composite

  Several Hubble filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: R (625 nm), I (775 nm), Z (850 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgement: Robert A. Fesen (Dartmouth College, USA) and James Long (ESA/Hubble)

  #5D4E4F#010104#09060A#25191B#523F3E#907674

  

  Webb near-infrared view Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.62 μm (shown as blue) (1.62 µm), 3.56 μm (shown as green) (3.56 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)

  #4B404B#0D0E12#24222A#3D3742#5E515E#8A7585#CAA9BA

• Crab Nebula M12 views · #7F857E

  The remains of a star that exploded in 1054, with a pulsar at its centre.

  

  Hubble mosaic, 2005 Visible-light composite

  A mosaic through several Hubble filters, including emission-line filters. Filters listed by the publisher: OI (631 nm), SII (673 nm), OIII (502 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

  #7F857E#000000#8EA297#6F6F51#493D25#1C1109#C2CECF

  

  Webb near- and mid-infrared view, 2023 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.62 μm (shown as blue) (1.62 µm), 4.8 μm (shown as cyan) (4.8 µm), 5.6 μm (shown as cyan) (5.6 µm), PAH (shown as green) (11 µm), Silicate (shown as orange) (18 µm), 21 μm (shown as red) (21 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim (Princeton University)

  #7D7877#7B7877#140F0C#9D9B9C#5E5149#3A2D24#CAC7C3

Star clusters 2

• Omega Centauri NGC 51391 view · #5A5856

  The largest globular star cluster of the Milky Way.

  

  Hubble view of the core Visible-light composite

  Star colours from Hubble filters: hotter stars bluer, cooler giants redder. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), Pseudogreen (B+R), R (625 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowlegement: A. Cool (San Francisco State Univ.) and J. Anderson (STScI)

  #5A5856#21201F#3E3B3A#605D5B#090808#8A8784#CAC6C1

• Westerlund 2 Gum 291 view · #67535E

  A young cluster of massive stars inside the Gum 29 nebula.

  

  Hubble 25th anniversary view, 2015 Multiwavelength composite

  Visible and near-infrared Hubble filters combined. Filters listed by the publisher: V (555 nm), I (814 nm), J (1.25 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team The original observations of Westerlund 2 were obtained by the science team: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI), Elena Sabbi (STScI), Eva Grebel and Peter Zeidler (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg), Monica Tosi (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna), Alceste Bonanos (National Observatory of Athens, Astronomical Institute), Carol Christian (STScI/AURA) and Selma de Mink (University of Amsterdam). Follow-up observations were made by the Hubble Heritage team: Zoltan Levay (STScI), Max Mutchler, Jennifer Mack, Lisa Frattare, Shelly Meyett, Mario Livio, Carol Christian (STScI/AURA), and Keith Noll (NASA/GSFC).

  #67535E#131416#352526#573938#80565E#A1869B#CCBDCC

Galaxies 8

• Andromeda Galaxy M31, Messier 311 view · #6F5F59

  The nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way.

  

  Hubble PHAST panorama, 2025 Multiwavelength composite

  A mosaic of Hubble images through several filters assembled into a panorama. Filters listed by the publisher: g (475 nm), I (817 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Williams (University of Washington)

  #6F5F59#000000#5E4F54#352D38#121016#91786B#CBB396

• Cartwheel Galaxy ESO 350-401 view · #624247

  A ring galaxy shaped by a past collision.

  

  Webb near- and mid-infrared view, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 900 nm (shown as blue) (900 nm), 1.5 μm (shown as blue) (1.5 µm), 2.0 μm (shown as green) (2 µm), 2.77 μm (shown as yellow) (2.77 µm), 18 μm (shown as orange) (18 µm), 10 μm (shown as orange) (10 µm), 12 μm (shown as orange) (12 µm), 7.77 μm (shown as orange) (7.77 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm), 3.56 μm (shown as red) (3.56 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

  #624247#0F0B0A#251B1B#7C545E#4B3840#B6747B#ECADAE

• Messier 87 Virgo A, M87 galaxy1 view · #42362B

  A giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster, home of the black hole M87*.

  

  Hubble view of M87 and its jet Visible-light composite

  A Hubble image combining an ultraviolet and a visible filter, both shown in visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: UV (275 nm), V (606 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Lessing (Stanford University), E. Baltz (Stanford University), M. Shara (AMNH), J. DePasquale (STScI)

  #42362B#140D07#231A10#382B1C#554532#7D6A54#B09E8C

• Milky Way the Galaxy, our galaxy2 views · #232122

  Our home galaxy, a barred spiral. No camera has photographed it from outside.

  

  All-sky panorama from inside the galaxy Visible-light composite

  A 360° panorama of the night sky photographed from Earth: the band of the Milky Way seen from within.

  Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

  #232122#080808#111111#262426#464145

  

  Artist’s concept of the galaxy seen from outside Artist’s concept / illustrative model

  An artist’s concept based on Spitzer data about the bar and spiral arms. No spacecraft has seen the galaxy from outside.

  Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  #5E667C#000000#080A11#2A3144#535E7D#7885A4#B7B9C1

• Pinwheel Galaxy M1011 view · #544F50

  A face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

  

  Hubble mosaic, 2006 Multiwavelength composite

  Hubble images combined with ground-based colour data. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), V (555 nm), I (814 nm).

  Credit: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

  #544F50#080607#1A1718#343134#535054#7D787A#C0B3AC

• Sombrero Galaxy M1042 views · #5B585A

  An edge-on spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane.

  

  Hubble mosaic, 2003 Visible-light composite

  Hubble filters assigned to visible colours. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), V (555 nm), R (850 nm).

  Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

  #5B585A#0A0C0A#1E1F1B#3C3934#635D59#918B8D#C5BFCD

  

  Webb mid-infrared view, 2024 Mapped non-visible data

  Mid-infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: PAH (shown as blue) (7.7 µm), PAH (shown as green) (11 µm), 12 μm (shown as red) (12 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

  #354355#111112#1B1F26#2D3E50#46627B#6889AF#99B5DE

• Triangulum Galaxy M331 view · #533E3D

  A spiral galaxy in the Local Group.

  

  Hubble mosaic, 2019 Visible-light composite

  A mosaic through several Hubble filters. Filters listed by the publisher: g (475 nm), I (814 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Durbin, J. Dalcanton, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)

  #533E3D#2E2326#453435#1C1418#604746#83615B#B79183

• Whirlpool Galaxy M511 view · #584E4B

  A spiral galaxy interacting with a smaller companion.

  

  Hubble mosaic, 2005 Multiwavelength composite

  Hubble filters assigned to visible colours; pink is glowing hydrogen. Filters listed by the publisher: B (435 nm), V (555 nm), H-alpha + Nii (658 nm), I (814 nm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

  #584E4B#050D0F#1B2223#393A3B#5F5654#8B776F#CBAF9E

Galaxy groups and clusters 2

• SMACS 0723 Webb’s First Deep Field, SMACS J0723.3-73271 view · #302C2C

  A massive galaxy cluster whose gravity magnifies galaxies far behind it.

  

  Webb’s First Deep Field, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Near-infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 900 nm (shown as blue) (900 nm), 1.5 μm (shown as blue) (1.5 µm), 2.0 μm (shown as green) (2 µm), 2.77 μm (shown as green) (2.77 µm), 3.56 μm (shown as orange) (3.56 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  #302C2C#131414#1E1D1E#332E2F#574C4C#8D7D78

• Stephan’s Quintet HCG 921 view · #423639

  A visual grouping of five galaxies, four of them interacting.

  

  Webb near- and mid-infrared view, 2022 Mapped non-visible data

  Infrared light; colours assigned by the Webb team. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.5 μm (shown as blue) (1.5 µm), 900 nm (shown as blue) (900 nm), 2.0 μm (shown as green) (2 µm), 7.7 μm (shown as yellow) (7.7 µm), 2.77 μm (shown as yellow) (2.77 µm), 10 μm (shown as orange) (10 µm), 4.44 μm (shown as red) (4.44 µm), 3.56 μm (shown as red) (3.56 µm).

  Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  #423639#0E0C0B#1F1A1C#3E343B#665560#9D8084#DABBB5

Black-hole environments 2

• M87* M87 black hole, Pōwehi1 view · #864515

  The supermassive black hole at the centre of Messier 87, the first black hole imaged.

  

  Event Horizon Telescope image, April 2017 data Mapped non-visible data

  Radio light at 1.3 mm from hot gas around the black hole, recorded by a planet-wide array. The orange is a colour scale for brightness; the dark centre is the shadow, not a surface. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.3 mm (1.3 mm).

  Credit: EHT Collaboration

  #864515#0C0504#2B0101#5C0902#9B2402

• Sagittarius A* Sgr A*, Milky Way black hole1 view · #A15321

  The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

  

  Event Horizon Telescope image, 2017 data Mapped non-visible data

  Radio light at 1.3 mm from gas around the black hole; the orange is a brightness scale and the dark centre is the shadow. Filters listed by the publisher: 1.3 mm (1.3 mm).

  Credit: EHT Collaboration

  #A15321#070000#2C0001#670101#E76A08#AD2F01#FBBF62