Wide-field plate archives in Rozhen and Belgrade observatories.
Abstract
The wide-field plate archives at disposal in Rozhen Observatory (9332 plates obtained in the period 1979 - 1994) and Belgrade Observatory (14500 plates obtained in the period 1936 - 1996) are presented. The plate archives, made in the frames of different observing programmes, reflect the tendencies in the development of astronomy in these countries. The results from the joint collaboration concerning the plate cataloguing and digitization with EPSON flatbed scanners providing good speed of scanning and good astrometric and photometric accuracy while generating digital data, as well as the inclusion of the images of the scanned plates in WFPDB and BELDATA and their online access in the frames of the Virtual Observatory, are presented too.
- Publication:
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Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplementi
- Pub Date:
- 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010MSAIS..15..192T
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Databases: miscellaneous;
- Catalogs;
- History and philosophy of astronomy