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Mapping The Sky - Surveys With Schmidt Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

D.H. Morgan  and
S.B. Tritton
D.H. Morgan
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Scotland
S.B. Tritton
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Scotland

Abstract

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This paper describes the sky surveys carried out over the past 30 years by the three large Schmidt Telescopes; the Palomar 1.2m Schmidt, the ESO 1m Schmidt and the UK 1.2m Schmidt. Developments in photographic technology, the reproduction of the surveys as sky atlases and problems associated with the storage of original plates are discussed. Brief reference is also made to limited purpose surveys which often address one specific research problem and to possible future developments in this branch of astronomy.

Type
Part II: Current Research
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 133: Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions , 1988 , pp. 349 - 357
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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