I'm ready to move on to more "advanced" color composite imaging techniques.

THIS PAGE IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT... we're working on it

• Classroom activity packet from David W. McDonald, Joy-Lyn McDonald and Micah McDonald: "Making pretty pictures: How Astronomers make images" : download pdf here

• ds9 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/
• fairly nice interactive lesson on 3-color images from STScI http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/meaning_of_color/
• guide to image processing software for educators http://www.phy.duke.edu/~kolena/imagepro.html
• image processing exercise from SDSS project (includes exercises for teachers and students!) http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/teachers/advanced/processing/
• guide to 3-color images from Chandra http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/openFITS/
• article on how to make your own HST color images http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/services/articles/2005-02-10/
• article on "true color" vs. false color http://www.universetoday.com/2007/10/01/true-or-false-color-the-art-of-extraterrestrial-photography/
• flash presentation on "coloring space" http://chandra.harvard.edu/art/color/
• guide to 3-color images from LCOGT http://lcogt.net/en/book/basic-color-imaging-ds9-and-gimp
• tutorials on processing planetary data (first one applies to any astronomy data) http://planetary.org/explore/topics/imaging/tutorials.html
• guide to making 3-color images using WISE http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/edu_making_color.html
• Image processing resources for astronomy teaching http://www.phy.duke.edu/~kolena/imagepro.html

notice in particular the pointer to tips for doing x-ray analysis with ds9: http://chandra-ed.harvard.edu/activities.html

• FITS liberator http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/
• short guide to image processing with FITS liberator http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/improc.html