I have started processing raw images from large ground based telescopes and space telescopes such as the Hubble, processing the image so that I get color and more detail out of a set of 4 or more black and white pictures.
A couple of results have already being posted in the last week or so and I will be adding these images to the Stargazers site tomorrow in a seperate CCD gallery.
This gives me some practical experience in processing images through photoshop and it is pretty fun to try and bring out the details of something like the Orion Nebula. I am processing the raw data images which are freely available on the Internet so that when I upgrade my telescope and camera in the coming months I will be able to process my own pictures.
I was thinking that this might be something that beginners might be interested in as it gives people an idea exactly how the color images are created.
If anyone is interested in learning how to process astronomy pictures using photoshop, please let me know and I will add a tutorial to my site.
This is one of the images I processed.
http://sydneystargazers.files.wordpr...-processed.jpg