Brantuk Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Courtesy of Royal Greenwich Observatory Astronomical Society members, I have acquired 16 photographic plates of various deep sky objects. These are copies of original plates taken from the SRC 1.2 meter Schmidt Telescope at Siding Springs Australia. I also have one plate from the ESO 1 meter Schmidt Telescope on La Silla in Chile. I've no idea what the objects are on them - but I think they are a bit of astronomical photography history (seeing as it's all digital ccd work now). They are not so much "for sale" as they are "up for grabs" for a contribution to club funds. The original owner simply said get what you can for them and we'll split the funds 50:50. So I'm pricing them as follows: 1 plate of your choice for a minimum contribution of £5 each Money raised will be distributed 50% to club finds and 50% to the original owner. You can buy more than one and it's first come first served until they are all gone. I will bring them to the next meet for inspection - or you can reserve one via pm to me. Here's a link to more info about them - I should've mentioned they are part of a survey of southern hemisphere skies. Apparently Pluto was discovered using this technique: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 How big are they? Colour or b&w? Are they something which could be framed and used like a picture or do they need to be held up to the light like an x ray film? If they can be used as a picture i'd like a couple. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 They're essentially negatives in b/w James. About the size of an old 12" LP. They come in a paper sleeve/envelope thing. I don't know how you'd turn them into an image or colour them in - but someone might know how to do it and maybe apply a Hubble style palette in Photoshop or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I don't think i'd make use of them then. But they sound interesting. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Updated the advert with a link to more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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