The Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Department, in collaboration with the Continuing Education Unit at the College of Science, University of Baghdad, organized a lecture titled “Analysis of X-ray Data Images” as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week events. The lecture was sponsored by the Dean of the College, Assist.Prof.Dr. Raed Falah Hassan, and it was attended by a number of postgraduate students and remote sensing specialists. The lecture aimed to introduce the role of satellites and space telescopes in acquiring data related to celestial bodies. It further focused on studying the characteristics of these targets through the analysis of the data or images associated with the objectives.
The lecture delivered by Dr. Khaled included an examination of the analysis of X-ray image data for the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) of celestial bodies. It explained the collection of energy from the body through multiple sensors and the reception of each sensor’s energy within a specific range. It emphasized that when the energy from all sensors is collected, an image is formed containing information about that celestial body. The lecture highlighted the ease of image transmission and storage through the analysis of images using the DS9 program to obtain a spectrum for each body, representing the energy corresponding to the photons accumulated per second. Additionally, the lecture involved an analysis of images for two types of bodies (spherical and open clusters).