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john_strinlaitoday at 5:05 PM0 repliesview on HN

interesting! the (1999) is a mix of old and new:

"This newly processed image comes from data originally captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and 2000. The color assignments in this image have been matched to those used in the new 2024 data, providing a better comparison."

the original coloring (of the 1999-2000 image) is in the article, or also at https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-... with some other details