Bulgarian-Serbian collaboration in the astronomical wide-field archiving
Abstract
The wide-field plates are the basic source for information on the astronomical objects back in time. Their archiving in the context of repeated use for different tasks requires cataloguing and storage of plate information in digitized form. We consider here the status of archiving of the wide-field plate astronomical observations in Serbia done in collaboration with the team of the Wide-Field Plate Database created in Sofia (Bulgaria). The question of easy access to the plate information is very important. The undertaken plate digitization with flatbed scanners with making previews for quick plate visualizations and real scans with good resolution is based on [ex]change of ideas and experience between the Bulgarian and Serbian astronomers.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society "Rudjer Boskovic"
- Pub Date:
- July 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009PASRB...9..255T
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical plate preservation