3-Colour Imaging

Credit: 
The Schools' Observatory

Aimed at pupils aged 11-16, this workshop provides students with an opportunity to use astronomical software, study how filtered images combine to make coloured images and allows the students to have a go creating their own 3-colour images of astronomical objects.

You can download the individual files needed for this activity below, or this zip file (80mb) contains them all. 

Link to Welsh version of activity. We also have this activity available in Welsh.

Duration: 
60 mins

Age Suitability: 
11 to 14
14 to 16

Teacher Files: 
File Lesson Plan: 3 Colour Imaging

Resources

Before starting the workshop, you will first need to download the lesson plan (above), which contains full instructions and details any additional resources required.

File Description
Introductory presentation Powerpoint presentation for use by the teacher in delivering the lesson.
Introductory presentation with notes PDF Version of introductory presentation.
Step-by-step instructions Step-by-step instructions for the students.
Step-by-step instructions PDF version of the step-by-step instructions for the students.

Data Files

Crab_Nebula_red.hfit
Crab_Nebula_green.hfit
Crab_Nebula_blue.hfit
Bubble_Nebula_red.hfit
Bubble_Nebula_green.hfit
Bubble_Nebula_blue.hfit
Dumbbell_Nebula_red.fits
Dumbbell_Nebula_green.fits
Dumbbell_Nebula_blue.fits
M51_red.fits
M51_green.fits
M51_blue.fits

You can download the individual files needed for this activity (above), or this zip file (80mb) contains them all.