LIST OF AST-2 (70cm REFLECTOR) PLATE ARCHIVES OBTAINED ON THE MAIN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE DURING 1960-1973.
L.M. Kisyun, M.R. Nesteruk.
This file contains the information about 1119 glass plates,mainly clusters,obtained between 1960 and 1973
using AST-2 (70cm reflector) in standard data format (i.e. readable with every text editor).
LIST OF AST-2 PLATES
All values are taken from the original log-books or from the plates if the log-books were not found.
Missing data are filled with blanks.
Information in the data list BYTE-BY-BYTE DESCRIPTION :
- 1. Right ascension of the plate center *)
- 2. Declination of the plate center *)
- 3. Date of the beginning and the end of the exposure
- 4. Time of the beginning and the end of the exposure
- 5. Time of the exposure (min)
- 6. Plate number
- 7. Suffix to the original plate number
- 8. Plate size
- 9-17. Information about the focus, emulsion, colour, additional devices
- 18. Object name
- 19. Observer
- 20-21.Place of storing, plate location: as usual if the plate is available - MAO
(Main Astronomical Observatory), for missing plate - blank.
- 22. Remarks
REMARKS EXPLANATION
*)If such information is given in log-books.
During the observations the sidereal time S, DST (daylight saving time), DECR-decree time and Moscow time
was used.
We would appreciate all remarks, comments and collaboration in order to make the present data more complete and accurate.