Hubble Images

ESA, ESO and NASA are making raw hubble data available to the masses. Data from the telescope comes in Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) format -- and is a standard for the astronomical community. I remember the format from my observing days at university. Programs to use the FITS format however have not been accessible. The ESA/ESO/NASA team however, have created a FITS plugin for Photoshop that allows FITS formated data to be interpreted. Once you've loaded the plugins, you'll need to download the FITS datasets to your computer. Having broadband would come in really handy, as the datasets are huge. Image processing will take some work, but the beautiful images that will result are worth the effort. [This came via The Caretaker blog.]