How do we make the famous Pillars of Creation image?

Ever wonder how the iconic “Pillars of Creation” image was constructed? Check out this article describing the history of these historic Hubble Space Telescope observations of one of the most well known astrophysical objects in our Universe. There is a vast amount of post-processing of the images required to create a false-color image that we commonly see in the media. The Pillars of Creation features a dust-enshrouded stellar nursery, where longer wavelength images enable astronomers to pierce further into the inner workings of these star forming regions. Compare the black and white images from left (shorter wavelength) to right (longer wavelength) in the above image, can you see the difference? With the James Webb Space Telescope, sensitive to even longer infrared wavelengths, we will finally got our first real glimpses inside these stellar nurseries!