The Gimp

The Gimp is a free program that allows you to manipulate images, such as combining single-filter images from the telescope to create a full color image.

 

The Gimp can be downloaded from www.gimp.org and is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, as well as in several different languages.

 

Important note: The Gimp does not recognize FITS files, so you must process the data with Iris or DS9 and save the data as .JPG before importing them into The Gimp.

 

Instructions for creating a color image in The Gimp (PDF)