Published 2022 | Version v1
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Precise Photometric Measurements from a 1903 Photographic Plate Using a Commercial Scanner

Table of contents

README file and TIFF images of center 2.4" glass plate negative (3 repeated scans), 1 rotated center 2.4" glass plate negative, positive and negative step wedge for calibration and associated README
Catalog of stars in center 2.4" and associated README
Unchanged, inverted, and transformed FITS images of center 2.4"
README of descriptions of files

Files

f0005.tif

Files (239.6 MB)

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md5:15b2fc047d67591c1ed9cd85a691164d
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positive step wedge, 400 dpi
md5:d49915acef88dd755a8df190398d8c5e
731.0 kB Preview Download
negative step wedge, 400 dpi focus = -0.3
md5:9c4594d79ba2d9f56f0cfd4d6fe317a5
673.9 kB Preview Download
focus = +1.4, 2.4 x 2.4 inches central area (3840 pixels)
md5:9f77e062f834440720790566ae8c0c1e
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focus = +1.4, 2.4 x 2.4 inches central area (3840 pixels)
md5:acd93bfd30ad706cb98d64a783a1eb83
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focus = +1.4, 2.4 x 2.4 inches central area (3840 pixels)
md5:88521bdf173eddf9a799a94364fd2e9d
29.5 MB Preview Download
FITS image of inverted f0009.tif
md5:c1a55369af8588c02bb24d59e5259c5d
29.5 MB Download
FITS image of transformed f0009.tif
md5:11ed9a4e9ea70f88ffdb002e52086f30
29.5 MB Download
focus = +1.4, 2.4 x 2.4 inches central area (3840 pixels), plate rotated by 90 degrees
md5:53ed9cfb8476040c38c04dd1c3d4b1a8
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md5:e5101a6aff46cc7f86997a47dbc69f7e
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FITS image of transformed f0010.tif
md5:8471e7dfa93bca29d80d6e2f7fbce333
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md5:b208fe88a6546ad66fe0c03b905e0369
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md5:fadd70ae43aa865bbc30fe66a39215ff
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Description of step wedge densities
md5:b16b768f3336232fcb741542c55c69d9
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Full catalog
md5:581209f26dfa512cee6467ec9db9a95e
1.5 MB Preview Download

Additional details

Identifiers

Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:3901

Related works

Is referenced by
10.1088/1538-3873/abec20 (DOI)

Funding

National Science Foundation
EAGER: Capturing the Stars: Exploring Digitization of Photographic Glass Plates for Scientific Analysis

Dates

Collected
2021
Collected
1903

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Physical Sciences Division
Department(s)
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics