Seeing Hubble’s Universe Making Pictures from Data Zolt Levay Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach Zolt Levay Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
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Pictures from Data ✦ Byproduct of science data. ✦ Combine exposures, scale data. ✦ Reconstruct color. ✦ Photography techniques make features in the data visible. 4
Opportunities | Challenges ✦ Available data ✦ Brightness range ✦ Spatial coverage ✦ Spectral coverage ✦ Cosmetics 5
6 Cosmic Rays
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8 Cosmic Rays Removed
Enhance Brightness & Contrast 9
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Enhance Brightness & Contrast 11
Enhance Brightness & Contrast 12
Spatial Dimension 13
Exposures 14
Mosaic 15
Luminosity Dimension 16
Color Dimension IVB 17
RedGreenBlue “Natural” Color Composite 18
RedGreenBlue “Natural” Color Composite 19
[N II] Red HH [O III] Cyan Alternate Color Assignment 20
[N II] Red HH [O III] Cyan Alternate Color Assignment 21
[N II] Red HH [O III] Cyan Alternate Color Assignment 22
Alternate Color Assignment [N II] Red HH Green [O III] Blue 23
Alternate Color Assignment [N II] Red HH Green [O III] Blue 24
✦ Instrument artifacts ✦ Uneven background ✦ Noise ✦ Sharpening Cosmetic Retouching 25
✦ CCD charge bleed ✦ Clone stamp, healing brush ✦ Copy and rotate ✦ Mask Instrument Artifacts 26
✦ CCD charge bleed ✦ Clone stamp, healing brush ✦ Copy and rotate ✦ Mask Instrument Artifacts 27
✦ CCD charge bleed ✦ Clone stamp, healing brush ✦ Copy and rotate ✦ Mask Instrument Artifacts 28
✦ CCD charge bleed ✦ Clone stamp, healing brush ✦ Copy and rotate ✦ Mask Instrument Artifacts 29
Uneven Background 30
Uneven Background 31
Uneven Background 32
Useful Art/Photography Principles ✦ Color, form, texture. ✦ Composition, perspective. ✦ Lighting, tonality. 33
Composition 34
35 Crop area
36 Cropped
Pictures from Data ✦ Byproduct of science data. ✦ Photography techniques make features in the data visible. ✦ Subjective choices informed by art principles make science images visually more appealing. ✦ Nature photography. 37