Astroimaging+(Summary)

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__Astroimaging__

Astroimaging is the process by which a person can create an image that can serve many purposes. The images created through astroimaging can be used simply as posters to catch someone's eye or they can be created to show specific data which can be useful for scientists. There are a few ways in which to processes images: the ones I’ve used are CCDOps and FITS Liberator in Photoshop. Here is a very basic overview of astroimaging using FITS Liberator:

1.) Take images (We used the New Mexico Skies Observatory to get images). 2.) Open the images in CCDOps and remove hot and cold pixels. 3.) Save images and open them in Photoshop. (This is where FITS Liberator comes in, if you don’t have it you can still open these images in Photoshop. All you need to do is save the images as TIF files in CCDOps.) 4.) “Liberate” you images. (This means that when you open the images in Photoshop you must set the darkness and brightness levels in the image.) 5.) Compile the images into a single image. 6.) Clean the image to your liking.

At the moment my only goals are to complete at least three images to my satisfaction and to be able to create a "complete" image within one class period.