WRT: The "airbrush" or seemingly fake photos, also keep in mind that the spectacular photos of nebulae and other astronomic phenomenon are typically displayed in false-color. Sometimes it's to represent the different gasses/elements that make up the objects, or the differing spectrum of photons emitted outside the visible light range. Sometimes it's purely for artistic purposes. The objects are indeed there; they just don't look like the photos to the naked eye.

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