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Landessternwarte — Ast 40 cm HEI040

Instrument
Ast, clear aperture 0.4 m, f = 2.03 m
scale 102″/mm · field 8.0° · 2 cameras
in operation 1900–1981
Where
Heidelberg, Germany
49.398°, 8.722°, 570 m
plates kept in Heidelberg, Germany · MPC code 24
Catalogue
5 plates in this database (1900-07-14 → 1900-07-15, 0 with coordinates)
archive holds 8,900 direct plates
archive quality: ? · G.Klare

Plates (5 of 5, oldest first)

platedate (UT)RA°Dec°field°exp minobject / fieldmethodemulsion · filter
HEI040-000001 1900-07-14 — — 8.0 — test plate
HEI040-000002 1900-07-14 — — 8.0 — test plate
HEI040-000003 1900-07-15 — — 8.0 — test plate
HEI040-000004 1900-07-15 — — 8.0 — test plate
HEI040-000005 1900-07-15 — — 8.0 — test plate

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