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When I was thinking about potential topics for my blog and video, I kept coming back to astronomy. I took an astronomy intro course as an elective a few semesters ago and ended up keeping the textbook because I wanted to be able to learn more about it after the class ended.
I couldn't think of a subtopic that would be interesting and specific enough for this class until I came across the Hubble Heritage Project's website at heritage.stsci.edu. They create colorful, sharp pictures of nebulas, galaxies, and other astronomical features by manipulating images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The images are black and white, grainy, and not very impressive before the Heritage Project improves them.
The process of beautifying the images is complex and very interesting, so I researched it and found that astrophotography is done both by professionals and by amateurs with smaller telescopes and cameras. I'm looking forward to learning more about the process of both the photography and editing aspects of the field.
