Edit Along - The Pillars of Creation with Siril & GIMP
Channel: Nebula Photos
Date: 2023-04-21

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Resources
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Data: https://tinyurl.com/jwst-pillars
Siril: https://siril.org
GNU Image Manipulation Program: https://www.gimp.org/
JWST User Docs (NIRCAM Filters): https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-near-infrared-camera/nircam-instrumentation/nircam-filters
MAST Portal: https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html

Contents
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0:00 Intro
2:28 Challenges 
3:32 What to Download
5:03 Stretching in Siril
10:55 Combining and Color Mapping in GIMP
20:14 Brilliant

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This work is based [in part] on observations made with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The data were obtained from the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-03127 for JWST.

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