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Guide to the National Geographic Society, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) photographs
MS.M.032
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Title: National Geographic Society, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) photographs
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.032
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8.0 linear feet
(10 boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1954-1960
Date (inclusive): 1954-1977
Abstract: This collection consists of photographs from the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS).
From 1948 to 1958 astronomers at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory used a 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
to create this sky survey, at the time the most advanced sky survey ever. The survey detected objects of a magnitude of +22,
one million times fainter than the limits of human vision. The NGS-POSS collection of photographic negative prints was published
multiple times through the 1950s-1970s and scanned into the Digitized Sky Survey in the 1990s. The collection includes a set
of prints measuring 14x17" from the photograph atlas, as well as a written survey guide and catalog of plates.
Creator:
Palomar Observatory.
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of photographs from the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS).
From 1948 to 1958 astronomers at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory used a 48-inch Schmidt Telescope
to create this sky survey, at the time the most advanced sky survey ever. The survey detected objects of a magnitude of +22,
one million times fainter than the limits of human vision. The NGS-POSS collection of photographic negative prints was published
multiple times through the 1950s-1970s and scanned into the Digitized Sky Survey in the 1990s. The collection includes a set
of prints measuring 14x17" from the photograph atlas, as well as a written survey guide and catalog of plates.