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Elõadó: Milcho Tsvetkov, Katya Tsvetkova and Nikolai Kirov (Bulgarian 
Academy of Sciences)

Cím: The Wide-Field Plate Database

Kivonat:
The Wide-Field Plate Database (WFPDB) as a basic source of data for the 
wide-field astronomical photographic plates stored worldwide, is 
presented. The Catalogue of Wide-Field Plate Archives comprises 476 plate 
archives with more than 2.4 million plates. The Catalogue of Wide-Field 
Plate Indexes contains up to September 2011 the parameters of 563 600 
plates from 133 archives with provided possibilities for data search, 
quick plate preview with low resolution in JPEG files of some of the 
plates and complete plate image with high resolution in FITS files upon 
request. The technology developed in Sofia for plate digitization by 
commercial high-quality flatbed scanners is presented, too. The Data Bank 
of Digitized Plate Images contains images with low resolution for quick 
plate visualization and easy online access, and with high resolution 
aiming photometric and astrometric investigations. Links to online 
services and cross-correlation with journals and other catalogues 
characterize the development to photographic plate libraries.

Az elõadás idõpontja: 2011. október 20., csütörtök  14 óra 

Helye: MTA KTM CSKI elõadóterme 
Budapest, XII., Konkoly Thege M. út 15-17.