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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. How to Take a One-Click Image using iTelescope (for assignment 1).
   • To do this, you will first need to Set up an account on iTelescope
2. 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
3. Nebulosity -- the image-processing tool you will use to create beautiful astronomical images for this course.
4. Image Editing FAQ -- For troubleshooting your image processing using Nebulosity.