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Large scale photometric surveys using archival plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Kenneth Janes
Kenneth Janes*
Affiliation:
Boston University

Abstract

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Modern microdensitometers and image processing software suggest the possibility that it may soon be feasible to utilize the enormous amount of photometric and positional data potentially available on existing photographic plates. This paper describes the possibility of large-scale surveys and outlines a method for densitometric calibration of plates from an analysis of the detailed structure of the star images on the plate.

Type
H. Data in Astronomy
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 64: Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy , 1982 , pp. 237 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982

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