You will create a set of images — three, total — assembling in each case an image built from (at least) three separate source images, with each source assigned to an individual color channel. The suggested software to use for this assignment is Adobe Photoshop (part of Adobe’s “Creative Cloud” suite, available free for registered PSU students, staff, faculty). Other Photoshop-equivalent applications certainly exist (such as photopea.com, GIMP, Pixelmator, Paint.net, etc.), and you may use one of them instead if you are familiar with them; however, instructions will be provided for completing the image creation using Photoshop.
For the first image, the combination of the source images should yield an overall composition that is pleasing to view, as well as — to a trained eye — being “readable at multiple wavelengths” for information relevant to elements or processes occurring strongly at one wavelength versus another.
The second image will involve adjustments to the first. The astronomical object contained therein need not change. You will just be trying out different color assignments and visual weights, according to personal preferences.
The third image is a composition of your own, representing a subject (or subjects) of personal significance — a kind of visual essay. You get to create a new “multi-wavelength” image of your own using multiple images based on your interests (does not have to be astronomy). You might think of it like, “What could someone learn about you, by observing in different wavelengths?”
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