Colors of the Sky

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References & Credits FITS Liberator photoshop plugin: http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/downloa d_v23.html FITS Support: http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_home.html Behind Hubble images: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/ Hubble Gallery: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire ESA Hubblecast Episode 10: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast ?id=217799140 Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EM_Spectrum_Properties_edit .svg

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image Processing for Astronomical images

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References & Credits• FITS Liberator photoshop plugin:

http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v23.html

• FITS Support: http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_home.html

• Behind Hubble images: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/

• Hubble Gallery: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire

• ESA Hubblecast Episode 10: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=217799140

• Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EM_Spectrum_Properties_edit.svg

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Colors of the Sky

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Even today, the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars.

When it happens to me after all these years, it still takes my breath away.

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

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How are these beautiful images made?

Can I also make these images?

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ESA Hubblecast Episode 10:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=217799140

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Capture Colorise Combine

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Photoshop

Plug-in

FITS - Flexible Image Transport System

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1. Download FIT liberator

• Access archives or examples for FITS images

• Step by Step instructions for FITS Liberator

Getting Started with the FITS Liberator

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References & Credits• FITS Liberator photoshop plugin:

http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v23.html

• FITS Support: http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_home.html

• Behind Hubble images: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/

• Hubble Gallery: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire

• ESA Hubblecast Episode 10: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=217799140

• Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EM_Spectrum_Properties_edit.svg