FITS
Liberator for making astronomical images
A group at the European
Space Agency of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope program has
developed and released a new program plug-in allowing anyone using
Adobe Photoshop to assemble three-color astronomical images. The
web site contains the plug-in software for FREE download and sample
images from the HST Institute.
Based on the complexity of the process, this is
recommended for advanced classwork and high school students, or
for teachers to learn and use. The educator introduction
and guide
are excellent and are highly recommend for everyone to examine.
Perhaps the professional process willl become a little less mystifying
for you too!
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"Fingertips"
One favorite additional resource is the massive publication,
The Universe at your Fingertips,
published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It is a
compendium of most of the best astronomy teaching/learning activities
developed to date. Our staff has compiled a table of activities
found in “Fingertips” that we recommend for this program,
and keyed them to the Learning Results. In order to make this
book available to as many Maine teachers as possible, the Jordan
Planetarium gift shop offers “Fingertips” at a low
discounted price (about $25, please call for current pricing).
The 400 pages of “Fingertips” are pre-punched for
three ring binders, and a 3-inch binder is required to fit the
entire contents.
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