Project details

This project will establish a world-class database of historic astronomical observations that were taken on photographic plates during the first three-quarters of this century. The prime objective is to generate digital spectra for inclusion in modern analysis methods.

• An on-line Contents Catalogue must be generated for each plate store. This task is best carried out locally
• Plates will be sent on loan to our scanning laboratory, which we plan to establish at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, BC, Canada
• Plates will be selected in order of scientific priority, and scanned digitally by expert staff
• Some of the spectra will be incorporated into specific research analyses (pilot projects)
• The extracted spectra will be placed in the public domain
• The Contents Catalogues will be merged to form a Master Catalogue

The data-base and its peripheral operations will constitute the Spectroscopic Virtual Observatory.

This project is an IAU initiative through its Working Group for Spectroscopic Data Archives, a Division V Working Group.

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