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The Wide-Field Plate Database: A New Tool in Observational Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M.K. Tsvetkov ,
K.Y. Stavrev ,
K.P. Tsvetkova ,
E.H. Semkov ,
A.S. Mutafov  and
M.-E. Michailov
M.K. Tsvetkov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
K.Y. Stavrev
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
K.P. Tsvetkova
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
E.H. Semkov
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
A.S. Mutafov
Affiliation:
Computer Center of Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
M.-E. Michailov
Affiliation:
Computer Center of Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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Since the first applications of wide-field photography in astronomy nearly 2 million plates and films have been obtained and stored in archives all over the world. The Wide-Field Plate Database (WFPDB) provides astronomers with detailed information about the wide-field photographic observations. Its preparation started in 1991 as one of the main projects initiated by the Working Group on Wide Field Imaging at the IAU Commission 9.

Type
Part 10. Databases
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 179: New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys , 1998 , pp. 462 - 464
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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