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Ground Based Developments - Reduction Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P.J. Grosbøl
P.J. Grosbøl*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschildstr. 2, D-8∅46 Garching, FRG

Abstract

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The reduction of Schmidt plates is divided into scanning the plates, processing the data, and analyzing the results. At least two new measuring machines for analyzing Schmidt plates are being designed which will increase the total throughput to over 10 plates per day. The developments of microprocessors and mass storage open new possibilities for faster and cheaper processing of these large amount of data. Finally, the introduction of DataBase Management and Table Data systems will make it easier for astronomers to analyze the extracted informations. With these new developments the aim to make a detailed analysis the plates at the same rate at which they are obtained can be achieved within this decade.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 571 - 575
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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