Chandra X-Ray Observatory: #4 Imaging - De-Coding Starlight: From Pixels to Images
This activity will take students "gently" through the steps of data and image processing with actual data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Students will develop that data shown in the image, and also, the false colors used to display that image.

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