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PMU 199 Observing Project Wiki

This wiki is designed to give you the information you need to complete your observing projects for PMU 199. We're using a wiki so that we can edit it continuously to address problems you might find. Check back often.

You can navigate this wiki as you would Wikipedia: click on links or use the search bar at the top of the page. Here are some pages you might be looking for to get you started:

1. Set up an account on iTelescope
   • Opening an account is just the first step. In order to find your way around the iTelescope user interface, called the launchpad application, and how to access the telescopes, please see our Get Started with iTelescope guide.
2. How to Take a One-Click Image using iTelescope (for assignment 1).
3. How to Take a Three-Colour Image using iTelescope
   • After you have data, see the page on how to Create 3-colour images using Nebulosity
   • To create a 3-colour image, you will first need to take your FITS data and Align and Combine them
   • Next, you can enhance the details of your files using Digital Development, and finally create a 3-colour image
4. How to Figure Out Which Objects are Visible to Which Telescopes
5. Downloading Data from iTelescope -- how to find your files after taking an image with iTelescope.net
6. Nebulosity -- the image-processing tool you will use to create beautiful astronomical images for this course.
7. FAQ -- For troubleshooting your image processing using Nebulosity and any issues that might come up while you are observing or preparing your observations.