Last Updated Jan 2001
Copyright
© 2001 The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
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The CASB plate vault contains
approximately 3500 plates that are either owned by STScI, or reside in
our facility on longterm loan. An additional 4500 original PSS-II and
SES plates have passed through our facility for scanning since 1995. Our
collection also includes a number of films and prints, and the transparent
Dixon overlays for the POSS-I.
For plate safety, access to the plates
is restricted to trained CASB plate handlers. Access to the digitized
pixels for most of these plates is available as part of the Digitized
Sky Survey (DSS).
Permanent or Long Term Loan Collection
Survey
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Survey
Code
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Epoch
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Emulsion/Filter
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Band
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Depth
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Dec.Zones
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No.Plates
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pixels
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DSS © holder
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Medium
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POSS-I
E
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XE
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1950-58
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103aE
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R
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20.0
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+90:-30
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935
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1"&1.7"
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STScI
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glass
copy
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POSS-I
O
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XO
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1950-58
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103aO
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B
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21.0
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+90:-30
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935
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1"
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STScI
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glass
copy
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Palomar QV
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N
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1983-85
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IIaD+W12
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V
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19.5
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+90:+06
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613
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1.7"
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STScI
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original
glass
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POSS-II
R
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XP
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1987-98
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IIIaF+RG610
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R
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20.8
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+90:+00
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897
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1"
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Caltech
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film copy
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AAO SES
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XS
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1990-98
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IIIaF+OG590
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R
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22.0
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-20:-90
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606
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1"
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AAO
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film
copy
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SERC
ER
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ER
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1984-98
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IIIaF+OG590
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R
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22.0
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-00:-15
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288
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1"
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ROE
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glass
copy
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SERC
J
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S
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1975-87
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IIIaJ+GG395
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Bj
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23.0
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-20:-90
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606
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1.7"
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ROE
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glass copy
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SERC
EJ
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S
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1979-88
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IIIaJ+GG395
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Bj
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23.0
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-00:-15
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288
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1.7"
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ROE
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glass
copy
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Transient Collection
Survey
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Survey
Code
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Epoch
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Emulsion/Filter
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Band
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Depth
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Dec.Zones
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No.Plates
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pixels
|
DSS © holder
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Medium
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POSS-II
J
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XJ
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1987-98
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IIIaJ+GG395
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Bj
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22.5
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+90:+00
|
897
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1"
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Caltech
|
original
glass
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POSS-II
R
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XP
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1987-98
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IIIaF+RG610
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R
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20.8
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+90:+00
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897
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1"
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Caltech
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original
glass
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POSS-II
N
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XI
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1987-98
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IV-N+RG9
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I
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19.5
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+90:+00
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897
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1"
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Caltech
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original
glass
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AAO SES
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XS
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1990-98
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IIIaF+OG590
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R
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22.0
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-20:-90
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606
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1"
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AAO
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original
glass
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AAO-SR
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GR
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1996-99
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IIIaF+OG590
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R
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20.0
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S.
Galactic Plane
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118
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1"
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AAO
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original
glass
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SERC-QV
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XV
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1986-88
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IIaD+GG495
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V
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14.0
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S.
Galactic Plane
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94
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1"&1.7"
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ROE
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original
glass
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