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Wide-Field Plate Database: Latest Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Milcho Tsvetkov  and
Katya Tsvetkova
Milcho Tsvetkov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria email: milcho@skyarchive.org
Katya Tsvetkova
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Acad. of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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Abstract

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We present the Wide-Field Plate Database, a basic source of data and meta-data for astronomy's more than 2.4 million wide-field photographic images obtained with professional telescopes worldwide. The technology developed in Sofia for plate digitization with commercial high-quality flatbed scanners yields low-resolution digital images for quick visualization and easy online access, and optimal high-resolution ones for photometric and astrometric investigations.

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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 417 - 419
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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