The Second Palomar Sky Survey
Abstract
Sky Survey, currently being taken using the Oschin telescope on Palomar Mountain. The limiting magnitudes of the POSS II plates are directly comparable with those of the SERC/ESO southern surveys, at B_J_= 22.5 mag, R_C_ = 20.8 mag, and I_C_ = 19.5 mag. We discuss the main modifications made to the telescope and the photographic methods employed in the course of the survey and compare the POSS I and POSS II plates.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- July 1991
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1991PASP..103..661R
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Observatories;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- Photographic Plates;
- Sky Brightness;
- Southern Sky;
- Telescopes;
- Astronomy;
- SKY PHOTOGRAPHS