Jupiter - new photos (light, telescope, visible, see)

[robertpasa]

Why do the recent photos of Jupiter look so different from the older ones?

If you could see Jupiter up close with the naked eye, would it look like the newer or older photos?

[rjshae]

It probably depends on the bandwidths of the observations and color adjustments made to the image. Sometimes scientists want to enhance certain features through image processing, so the result might not look like it would to the human eye.

[cjseliga]

If you are talking about the recent imagines taken with the James Webb Space Telescope, it's because their cameras see in the infrared spectrum and not the visible light spectrum like your eye and the Hubble Space Telescope does.

[robertpasa]

OK. Maybe they could use computers to simulate what it would look like to the naked eye.

[Frostnip]

This is a good quick explanation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOq1bHwm6eI

You can see what Jupiter looks like to the naked eye already. Just go out with a telescope on a clear night at the right time! (Or look at the countless pics people who've done so have taken.) The Webb telescope being able to see into infrared adds additional information.