A YouthAstroNet participant uses his newly acquired image analysis skills to create a composite image of an exploded star using real data from Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Located in northern Chile, this is one of 5 automated telescopes in the MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network. YouthAstroNet participants go online to choose their astronomical targets and telescope camera settings; their image is taken that night and appears in their accounts the next day, ready for processing and analysis.