Harvard Plate Stacks

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Harvard Plate Stacks is a historic archive of astronomical photographic plates at the Harvard College Observatory that has been central to long-term studies of variable stars and other celestial phenomena.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical photographic plate archive
historical scientific archive
associatedProject DASCH (Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard) NERFINISHED
associatedWith Annie Jump Cannon NERFINISHED
Antonia Maury NERFINISHED
Edward Charles Pickering NERFINISHED
Harvard College Observatory women computers NERFINISHED
Henrietta Swan Leavitt NERFINISHED
Williamina Fleming NERFINISHED
collectionType astronomical images
photographic plates
containsDataOn asteroids
comets
galaxies
novae
quasars
supernovae
transient astronomical events
variable stars
country United States of America
digitizationProject DASCH (Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard) NERFINISHED
field astronomy
astrophysics
history of science
hasPart Harvard College Observatory photographic plate collection NERFINISHED
heritageStatus historically significant scientific collection
institutionalAffiliation Harvard University Department of Astronomy NERFINISHED
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
material glass photographic plates
notableFor continuous sky coverage over more than a century
one of the largest collections of astronomical photographic plates
operator Harvard College Observatory NERFINISHED
Harvard University NERFINISHED
partOf Harvard College Observatory NERFINISHED
preservationActivity digitization of photographic plates
environmental control for plate storage
researchImportance enables century-scale variability studies
provides historical baselines for modern surveys
supports calibration of long-term light curves
timeSpanCovered late 19th century to late 20th century
usedFor historical sky surveys
long-term studies of variable stars
photometric variability studies
proper motion studies
studies of other celestial phenomena
time-domain astronomy

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Harvard College Observatory hasPart Harvard Plate Stacks