This guide will take you through the steps you need to find and create your own color image using data from the LCOGT archive, DS9 and the Gimp. You can do
this with sample data available from the
public archive, or with
data from your own observations if you have an account. After doing this
activity you should be able to:
* Use DS9 to scale an image and save it in jpg format
* Use the GIMP to combine the jpg files into one color image
The How Telescopes Work and How to Download Archive Data and View it with DS9 articles contain background information relevant to this project.
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