Re: More HST Images Available

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From: J. D. McDonald
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 13:46

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In article <1994Jan26.085609.1132@clarinet.com> brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
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>GIFs are OK, but they are limited in colour.  How about JPEGs?  Those who
>don't have jpeg viewers can get a jpeg to gif program.

Not necessarily a problem. I suspect that some of the images released
recently are false color. 256 colors just reduces resolution a bit.

For example, the Eta Carinae and Nova Cygni images look fake color to me.

Doug McDonald

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Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,sci.image.processing,alt.internet.services,bit.listserv.seds-l
Subject: Re: More HST Images Available
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 13:46:32 GMT
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Keywords: HST, Hubble, WFPC, COSTAR, Images

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