Search the Photographic Plate Collection
The digitized images of the Harvard College Observatory's Photographic Plate Archive may be searched by object identifier, celestial coordinates, date range, or by plate number.
Blank fields imply a wildcard. Only one exposure is displayed for each scanned or fitted plate. Use the browser "stop" button to interrupt the search.
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Sorry, cutout images are not available for this source due to temporary data access restrictions.
Series | Plate Number (Select to view metadata) | Class | Exposure Number | Right Ascension | Declination | Exposure (Minutes) | Heliocentric Julian Date | cm from center | cm from edge | Status |
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ai | 42066 | L | 0 | 23:57:28.908 | +17:09:13.08 | 32.00 | 2433145.85269 | 4.6 | 7.5 | scanned, WCS from Astrometry.Net |
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