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Make Your Own Eagle Nebula "Pillars of Creation"
With the release of version 2 of the FITS Liberator, it has become even easier to create stunning images. You can literally create colorful astronomical pictures like the iconic Hubble image "Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation," seen here, in a matter of minutes. The three-color...

With the release of version 2 of the FITS Liberator, it has become even easier to create stunning images. You can literally create colorful astronomical pictures like the iconic Hubble image "Eagle Nebula, Pillars of Creation," seen here, in a matter of minutes.

The advantages of using FITS Liberator over previous image processing tools are indicated in the right-hand image:

1. some added detail in the shadows2. increased gamut (color space, more nuances)3. slightly better noise characteristics, and4. easier access to advanced cosmetic cleaning tools indicated by the removed ghosts.

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Last Updated
Mar 20, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

Lars Christensen
Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre
Garching, Germany

Robert Hurt
Spitzer Science Center
Pasadena, California
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Pasadena, California
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Lars Nielsen
Zoltan Levay
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland

Release Credit

NASA, ESA, Photoshop FITS Liberator Development Team, Jeff Hester (ASU), P Scowen (ASU)