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Topicsyoushouldreview
Thiswillrequerealotofwork,butheyitwillbeworthyandfun!
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Astroinformaticsandcomputerscience
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Dataminig
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MachineLearning
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BigDataAnalysis
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NeuralNetworks
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VisualizationResources
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StatisticsandImageProcessing
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ProbabilityDensityFunction
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PointSpreadFunction
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Fullwidthathalfmaximum
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Convolution
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Interstellarmediumandstarformation
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HIIregions
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PlanetaryNebulae
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SupernovaRemnants
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MolecularGas
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AllkindsofNebulae(e.g.dark,refletion)
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AGN’s(ActiveGalacticNucleus)
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Astrophysics
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Units(light-years,parsecs)
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Worldcoordinatesystem
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Light
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Telescopes
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StarsandStellarEvolution
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Distance,Brightness,Luminosity
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Galaxies
TheGitHubpagewillcertainlyhelpyoutounderstandwhyyouneedtolearnaboutthat,andwheretofindarticles,wepagesandbooks.
Downloading
First,let’sequipourselveswiththebasicsoftwareyouwillneedinordertostartthenyoumayprobablyfindothercoolprogramsandlateryouwillinstallthem.Thereisalsothepossibilitythatyourassignedcomputerwillhavetheminstalledalreadybuthereisabriefdescriptionofwhatyoucandowiththem,mostofthemareeasytouse.
ItisaprogramthatvisualizesastronomyimagesinFITSformat(don’tworryifyourecognizethisformat,itwillbeexplainedlater),whereyoucaneasilymanipulatethem,readtheirheaders,compare,lookatregions,seetheircharacteristics,makegraphs,evenmovies.Well,dependingonwhatyouneedtouselateryouwillbefindingallthefunctions,thebestwayistoclickeverywhereandfindoutwhathappens,alsoyoucanasktoyourastronomycolleaguestheywilltellyoualltheperks,orifyoulikelearningbyyourselforyouneedsometingspecificcheckthedocumentationwebpage.Itisfailyeasytoinstall,justfollowtheinstructions.
http://ds9.si.edu/site/Download.html
http://ds9.si.edu/site/Documentation.html
Thepicturebelowshows(Fig.\ref{fig:screen}somethingcoolyoucandoinDS9.