Digitized Data of China Astronomical Plates: Early Data Release
Publish Time:2021-01-29
Astronomical observation films are a precious heritage of astronomical observation research. With the support of the Special Key Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology on Basic Work of Science and Technology, the Shanghai Film Digitalization Laboratory completed the scanning and archiving of 29314 films in 2018. On this basis, the research team of the Shanghai Observatory conducted further high-precision astrometric calibration work on the digitized astronomical film, converting the initial version of the digital film into standard fits format astronomical digital images to meet the research needs of relevant professional astronomers. This data release includes 6615 high-quality astronomical digital films, with the main observation targets being extrasolar celestial bodies. After calculation, the celestial measurement accuracy reached 0.2 ". This batch of data includes observation data from multiple telescopes at five Chinese observatories, including the National Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory, Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, and Qingdao Astronomical Observatory, spanning from 1904 to 1998. In Mar 2024, Digitized Data of China Astronomical Plates: Image and Astrometric Catalog is accessible,it can totally subsistitude the early data release.
· Data Access ·
♦Introduction♦
Keywords
legacyplate
Data Volume
5637009309696 Bytes
6615 files
Sharing Method
Sharing Scope
DOI
CSTR
VO Identifier
ivo://China-VO/data/plates/dr1
♦Contact Author♦
Author
Shanghai Photographic Plate Digitization Laboratory
Email
zhaojh(at)shao.ac.cn
♦Contact Publisher
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Email
support(at)china-vo.org
Phone
+86-10-64807973
Institution
National Astronomical Data Center
♦Tags♦
waveband
Optical
telescope or project
Astronomical plate library
subject
Star and Interstellar Matter
data type
Image Data
production age
1950-1980
content level
Research
Amateur