A free software plug-in has been released that makes a treasure trove of archival astronomical images and spectra accessible to home astronomy enthusiasts. Now anyone with a desktop computer running Adobe Photoshop can try their hand at crafting astronomical images.

Take a look at these news stories for more info:
www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0412.html
spaceflightnow.com/news/n0407/08hstsoftware/
msnbc.msn.com/id/5396685/

Gary Nugent

A free software plug-in has been released that makes a treasure trove of archival astronomical images and spectra accessible to home astronomy enthusiasts. Now anyone with a desktop computer running Adobe Photoshop can try their hand at crafting astronomical images.

Take a look at these news stories for more info:
www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0412.html
spaceflightnow.com/news/n0407/08hstsoftware/
msnbc.msn.com/id/5396685/

Gary Nugent

ye bet me to it gary. i was just about to post this link :-
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/fits_liberator_040708.html
:cry: .
stephen.

perhaps I'm missong the point, but doesnt this just let you manipulate FITS images in photoshop (and the expensive full version at that)?

gimp (www.gimp.org/) lets you view and manipulate fits images for free.

Cheers,
~Al

A free software plug-in has been released that makes a treasure trove of archival astronomical images and spectra accessible to home astronomy enthusiasts. Now anyone with a desktop computer running Adobe Photoshop can try their hand at crafting astronomical images.Gary Nugent

Pity it only works with Photoshop 7 and CS and not Photoshop 6 which I have. I did try but the plug-in application file does not detect Photoshop on my computer, so is obviously incompatible with older versions.

Gordon