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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk in Un... by jakear on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @11:28PM (#35883294)
What's odd is even when downloading the full res image, the central colors are decidedly not all #000. There is a faint yet distinct radial gradient. It does not appear to be a compression artifact (format is png anyways).
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk in Un... by friendlyasparag on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @12:14AM (#35883583)
images released to the press sometimes get another, um, aesthetic pass. I bet if you could get ahold of the actual image file it would have the proper sentinel sentinel value (if they're still using fits files it'd be something ridiculous like -9999.)
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