Digital Sky Survey Processed Data
RAW Data Processed from the Palomar Sky Survey
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/index.html
Since I am a semi novice at processing and I
have only owned a 1shot color camera and DSLR
I decided to use the DSS survey data to learn the next level of Astro image
processing by combining separate RGB
color frames
Since these surveys only have a B and
R I have been using a stack of the
BR data to create a
G and these are my initial results...
as I download and process I will post these images
here...
;) Click image for full size...
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 NGC6888 the Crescent Nebula |
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This image was created using the
POSS-II/UKSTU data of the
Digitized Sky Survey and
SuperCOSMOS
using the process
described here.
According to my correspondence with the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the
Space Telescope Science Institute, I am allowed to use the POSS-II/UKSTU data to
create and display images for non-commercial purposes so long as I include this
fine print for the SuperCOSMOS data:
Use of these images is courtesy of the UK Schmidt Telescope (copyright in which
is owned by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK and
the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board) and the Southern Sky Survey as created by
the SuperCOSMOS measuring machine and are reproduced here with permission from
the Royal Observatory Edinburgh.
and this acknowledgement taken from the DSS site:
The Digitized Sky Surveys were produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute
under U.S. Government grant NAG W-2166. The images of these surveys are based on
photographic data obtained using the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar
Mountain and the UK Schmidt Telescope. The plates were processed into the
present compressed digital form with the permission of these institutions.
The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California
Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the
National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation,
and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.
The UK Schmidt Telescope was operated by the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, with
funding from the UK Science and Engineering Research Council (later the UK
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council), until 1988 June, and
thereafter by the Anglo-Australian Observatory. The blue plates of the southern
Sky Atlas and its Equatorial Extension (together known as the SERC-J), as well
as the Equatorial Red (ER), and the Second Epoch [red] Survey (SES) were all
taken with the UK Schmidt.
The "Second Epoch Survey" of the southern sky was made by the Anglo-Australian
Observatory (AAO) with the UK Schmidt Telescope. Plates from this survey have
been digitized and compressed by the ST ScI. The digitized images are copyright
© 1993-5 by the Anglo-Australian Observatory Board, and are distributed herein
by agreement.
The "Equatorial Red Atlas" of the southern sky was made with the UK Schmidt
Telescope. Plates from this survey have been digitized and compressed by the ST
ScI. The digitized images are copyright © 1992-5, jointly by the UK SERC/PPARC
(Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, formerly Science and
Engineering Research Council) and the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board, and are
distributed herein by agreement.
The compressed files of the "Palomar Observatory - Space Telescope Science
Institute Digital Sky Survey" of the northern sky, based on scans of the Second
Palomar Sky Survey are copyright © 1993-1995 by the California Institute of
Technology and are distributed herein by agreement. The compressed files of the
"Palomar Observatory - Space Telescope Science Institute Digital Sky Survey" of
the northern sky, based on scans of the Second Palomar Sky Survey are copyright
© 1993-1995 by the California Institute of Technology and are distributed herein
by agreement.
