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OBJECT TYPE: negative
DATE: 1978–1988
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0441.001

MANUFACTURER: EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
MODEL: ESO SKY SURVEY
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: R-394 & R-439
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 45.0 cm
Width: 43.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ESO
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: FROM LATE 1970'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO ILLUSTRATE 'BODIES' IN THE SOUTHERN SKY (-20 DEGREES TO -90 DEGREES) THAT ARE RED SENSITIVE
Technical: THESE PHOTOS ARE OF SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER QUALITY THAN THE PALOMAR PHOTOS OF THE 1950'S AS A RESULT OF IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS & TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SCHMIDT TELESCOPES IN GERMANY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1: 'R/ 11h 30m/ -30[DEGREE SIGN]/ 439/ ESO [LOGO]/ EUROPEAN/ SOUTHERN/ OBSERVATORY/ COPYRIGHT ESO'/.2 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT: '18h 00m/ -35[DEGREESIGN]/ 394'/ BOTH HAVE DENSITY WEDGE CALIBRATIONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
Missing: ONLY TWO OF THE APPROX. 606 RED PRINTS & 607 BLUE PRINTS OF THE ESO SOUTHERN SKY SURVEY From CA of 11/15/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
Finish: ENCAPULSATED
Decoration: N/A

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EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, Photograph, between 1978–1988, Artifact no. 1991.0441, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0441.001/

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