I think we can all agree that the images of the are beautiful, but I was wondering if they actually look that colorful or if the images we see are the different compilations of pictures from different instruments each focusing on a certain gas. I hope this made sense...

Thanks ATS.

I've seen nebula in photos, the remains of exploding stars.

The red is true color hydrogen gas electrically excited and not neon gas.
Even though a star must run out of hydrogen to explode
I wonder where all the hydrogen comes from.

Altered states, thanks a bunch, that really helps. Thats what I thought, but was kinda hoping i was wrong, because the pictures doo look so awesome. Well, now I know. Thank you.