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Is this picture real? Or an artists impression? I am quite into astronomy but I am not certain if this is an actual picture of the star Antares, or an artists impression. I know it is relatively quite nearby but a picture like this?

Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks.
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i dont know dick about astronomy, but compare it to this (i belive to be) real astronomy pic and another dick observation is, artist imp doesnt have glare line (or whatever u callt those lines around the major ligh source, going in the cardinal directions)
>> Anonymous
its quiet real my friend
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It's definitely real. I've got tons of Astronomy pics, (HR and no HR), and it has the same qualities as them. The give-away was the stars, if you look at them, the brightest ones and largest are blue. There are also large amounts of them.
>> Anonymous
Well that is amazing, Anteres is so much larger than our sun but to get it at this resoltion, it's awesome.
>> Anonymous
Astrophysicist here.
Though OP's pic looks real, what you see is NOT Antares' surface. You simply cannot resolve stars, even with the best of today's telescopes.
What you see here is mainly the effect of blooming due to overexposure.
>> Anonymous
>>443448

Ah alright fair enough. Still an amazing picture though.
>> Anonymous
I think we should just have moar star pics...
>> Anonymous
Silver Surfer here. I have been to Antares, and this looks like the real thing.
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>> Anonymous
>>443626

Galactus here. I never told you to go to Antares, you visiting that flame-haired bitch again? Back to work!
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Looks like a real pic that has been embellished.
>> Anonymous
moar
>> Anonymous
>>443752
pitty. that black square spoils the hole pic :(
>> Anonymous
>>443626
>>443721
I lol'd
>> Anonymous
By using different telescopes, they capture different lightwaves that our eyes cant see. Xray, Gamma Rays, and so one. They set color to these exporesures and then overlay them to get a nice colorfull effect of what your looking at. Many astronimers use these techniques to identify what gases stars contain.
>> Anonymous
>>445235
this. a lot of photos hosted on the nasa website have "false colors" which enable you to see things you wouldnt normally be able to see. such as, different colors represent different gases. most abundant, hydrogen, the sulfur, etc, etc.
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>>445251
Wonderful !

What this is supposed to be ?