Saturn
This is an image of Saturn I edited in class using GIMP. This was my third and final image edit for the class and was one of the three images I presented at StARS on April 24th. When I was choosing my third image to edit, I wanted to do something completely different from what I had done before. Having done the Crab and Flame Nebulas, I thought a planet would be the perfect thing to edit. When I needed to choose which planet to edit, I had originally chosen Jupiter, but when I went into the data base for images, there was a problem with some of them. This led me to check my second choice, Saturn. When I checked, there had been over 200 different images for each of the luminance, red, green, and blue layers, as well as an already calibrated image for each. With each having the calibrated image already, I was able to skip the MaximDL process and start directly with GIMP. When I got to GIMP and began to brighten the images using the levels and curves tools, I realized that each layer was unaligned by a very large amount, which led me to realign all the layers next. After that was done, I went on to colorize the red, green, and blue layers, as well as set the three to screen mode while setting the luminance layer to luminance mode. After, I began to mess with the curves and levels tools again to adjust the brightness of each layer. In the end, I was able to pull out a yellowish color, with a red ring on the outside. The end product was exactly what I was looking for, as I wanted to be able to make Saturn a yellowish color, as that's how it is in real life.
Saturn is the sixth planet in our solar system and is also the second largest behind only Jupiter. Being sixth from the sun, it takes 29 Earth years for Saturn to orbit the sun. The planet is surrounded by icy rings and is also the only planet to have rings in the entire solar system. Saturn has an atmosphere, which is made up of hydrogen and helium. Saturn has been known for centuries, dating back to ancient times, and is the farthest planet from Earth discovered by the naked eye. Saturn has had a huge showing in pop culture, being viewed as the most iconic planet in our solar system. The planet has been featured in several different shows, movies, and video games, including "WALL-E," "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Star Trek."
Saturn - NASA Science



















