Guide to the National Geographic Society, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) Photographs MS.M.032

Carole McEwan; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod, 2020
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2020
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: National Geographic Society, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) photographs
Creator: Palomar Observatory
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.032
Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1954-1977
Date (bulk): 1954-1960
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.
Language of Material: English .

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National Geographic Society, Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) photographs. MS-M032. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Acquisition Information

Transfered from Virginia Trimble, Department of Physics and Astronomy.

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.

box 1

Box 1 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

Transparencies, booklets
box 2

Box 2 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+74° +84° +6°12h24m to +6°23h36m
box 3

Box 3 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+42°0h00m to +42°23h30m +48°0h00m to +48°23h48m
box 4

Box 4 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+30°0h00m to +30°23h50m +36°0h00m to +36°23h48m
box 5

Box 5 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+18°0h00m to +18°23h36m +24°0h00m to +24°23h50m
box 6

Box 6 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

0°0h00m to +0°23h36m -6°0h00m to -6°23h36m
box 7

Box 7 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

-12°0h00m to -12°23h36m -18°0h00m to -18°23h36m
box 8

Box 8 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

-24°0h00m to -24°23h50m -30°0h00m to -30°23h50m
box 9

Box 9 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+6°0h00m to +6°12h00m +12°0h00m to +12°23h36m -18°12h00m to -18°23h36m
box 10

Box 10 1954-1977

Scope and Contents Note

+54°0h00m to +54°28h26m +60°0h28m to +60°23h28m +66°0h0m to +66°23h24m +72°0h00m to +72°23h48m