How to talk about relativity ?

With a smile !

galaxies SDSSCGB 8842.3 and SDSSCGB 8842.4,

strong gravitational lensing and Einstein ring.
Reprocessed data from the Hubble Space Telescope

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idea 1
Gravity can be seen as a property of the space time geometry instead of a force

2 particles, no acceleration / force, parallel /

straight trajectories.

2 particles + force (like gravitation) : massive

structure at convergence point. Curved instead
of straight trajectory

2 particles start in parallel but converge even if

they are following the straightest path because
the space is curved

http://www.einstein-online.info/elementary/generalRT/GeomGravity
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idea 2
If a structure is massive and compact enough it can curve the space time so the
light emitted from a source can reach the observer using 2 different paths

http://www.einstein-online.info/spotlights/light_deflection

If the source, the lens and the observer are all aligned then what is called an Einstein ring can be
observed.

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where to get the data

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loading the original fits data

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something is not right ...

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comparing with the fits preview from the HLA

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How to fix it ?
download the single exposures files: no luck
download the datasets from MAST: no luck
download individual files from MAST: no luck ...

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Fits liberator will save us

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opening the file with fits liberator

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using fits liberator to export fits files as tiff files

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And fits liberator saved the day !

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loading all the datasets

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IR data are not really usable

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Who used the IR detector for shotgun target practice ?

Nobody, but we have a death star and blobs !

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WFC3 IR channel - death star

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WFC3 IR channel - blobs

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processing strategy

use the WFPC2 images only

Align the WFPC2 images
combine the 3 images as RGB image:

Red: F814W
Green: F606W
Blue: F450W

standard processing

Option 2: use the WFC3 sub with F360W filter as luminance to create a LRGB
picture

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First step: crop

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crop(2)

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crop(3)

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STF autostretch on the cropped images

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dynamic alignment - Image registration section

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dynamic alignment: F450W as reference

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dynamic alignment: select the second image

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dynamic alignment: control points - auto search

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dynamic alignment - execution

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dynamic alignment - registered image

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last image to register / align

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ready for channel combination !

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channel combination

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channel combination

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channel combination - RGB image

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image flip

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STF - autostretch

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Dynamic Background Extraction

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Dynamic crop

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background neutralization

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color calibration

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sample format conversion

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STF process reinjected in Histogram Transformation

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channel extraction- masks creation

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channel extraction - masks creation

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working the masks with histogram transformation

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finalizing masks creation

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Wavelet transform
HDR multiscale transform does not improve a lot the overall image, we will use
wavelet transform instead (with luminance mask)

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histogram transformation - background

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curves transformation - background

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starting point

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final image
original image :https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1506a/

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bonus 1: one ring to rule them all !

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1151a/

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how to get the data

Do the search with RA and DEC

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LRG-3-757

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