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Milestone Map __Astroimaging__ Step 1.) Pick an object to take an image of and do research on the object. Step 2.) Schedule a time to take the pictures. / Download the images to your computer as FITS files Step 3.) Take the FITS files to CCDOps and remove warm and cold pixels. /Average the FITS files into three or four separate images (One luminance, if available, one red, one green, and one blue.) Save the images as TIFF file so you can take them into Photoshop. Step 4.) Become somewhat familiar with the Photoshop program. Step 5.) Open the images in Photoshop and balance the “K” values of each image. Step 6.) Open a new image and compile the three or four images into one “color” image. Step 7.) “Clean” the image until it is to your liking.

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