Hubble telescope

Hubble telescope

The Hubble telescope uses a black and white camera to capture pictures. Scientists take color pictures by putting a blue filter in front of the lens and take a picture, then repeat with a red, then green filter. They then combine the 3 images to create a full-color picture.

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