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Index Charts for Palomar Observatory Sky Survey

Written by Toshimi Taki
July 16, 2007


1. Introduction

Andreas Philipp in Germany requested me to produce index charts for the Palomar Obsevatory Sky Survey Plates using my 8.5 magnitude star atlas. After several correspondences with him, we set the specification of the index charts.


2. Files

All files are in pdf format.
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 Chart ID		Right Ascension	Declination	File Name
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   1		 0h to 24h	+83 to +90	poss1_001-013_070512_070716.pdf in A4 size (1,847KB)
   2		22h to 24h	+62 to +83	poss2_001-013_070512_070814.pdf in A4 size (1,945KB)
   3		20h to 22h	+62 to +83
   4		18h to 20h	+62 to +83
   5		16h to 18h	+62 to +83
   6		14h to 16h	+62 to +83
   7		12h to 14h	+62 to +83
   8		10h to 12h	+62 to +83
   9		 8h to 10h	+62 to +83
  10		 6h to  8h	+62 to +83
  11		 4h to  6h	+62 to +83
  12		 2h to  4h	+62 to +83
  13		 0h to  2h	+62 to +83
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-1_070716.pdf in A4 size (320KB)
  Frame Index Overlay				poss2-1_070814.pdf in A4 size (428KB)
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  14		23h to 24h	+37 to +62	poss1_014-025_070512_070804.pdf in A4 size (1,820KB)
  15		22h to 23h	+37 to +62
  16		21h to 22h	+37 to +62
  17		20h to 21h	+37 to +62
  18		19h to 20h	+37 to +62
  19		18h to 19h	+37 to +62
  20		17h to 18h	+37 to +62
  21		16h to 17h	+37 to +62
  22		15h to 16h	+37 to +62
  23		14h to 15h	+37 to +62
  24		13h to 14h	+37 to +62
  25		12h to 13h	+37 to +62
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-2_070716.pdf in A4 size (240KB)
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  26		11h to 12h	+37 to +62	poss1_026-037_070512_070804.pdf in A4 size (1,679KB)
  27		10h to 11h	+37 to +62
  28		 9h to 10h	+37 to +62
  29		 8h to  9h	+37 to +62
  30		 7h to  8h	+37 to +62
  31		 6h to  7h	+37 to +62
  32		 5h to  6h	+37 to +62
  33		 4h to  5h	+37 to +62
  34		 3h to  4h	+37 to +62
  35		 2h to  3h	+37 to +62
  36		 1h to  2h	+37 to +62
  37		 0h to  1h	+37 to +62
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-3_070804.pdf in A4 size (246KB)
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  38		23h to 24h	+12 to +37	poss1_038-049_070512_070808.pdf in A4 size (1,488KB)
  39		22h to 23h	+12 to +37
  40		21h to 22h	+12 to +37
  41		20h to 21h	+12 to +37
  42		19h to 20h	+12 to +37
  43		18h to 19h	+12 to +37
  44		17h to 18h	+12 to +37
  45		16h to 17h	+12 to +37
  46		15h to 16h	+12 to +37
  47		14h to 15h	+12 to +37
  48		13h to 14h	+12 to +37
  49		12h to 13h	+12 to +37
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-4_070805.pdf in A4 size (222KB)
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  50		11h to 12h	+12 to +37	poss1_050-061_070512_070809.pdf in A4 size (1,385KB)
  51		10h to 11h	+12 to +37
  52		 9h to 10h	+12 to +37
  53		 8h to  9h	+12 to +37
  54		 7h to  8h	+12 to +37
  55		 6h to  7h	+12 to +37
  56		 5h to  6h	+12 to +37
  57		 4h to  5h	+12 to +37
  58		 3h to  4h	+12 to +37
  59		 2h to  3h	+12 to +37
  60		 1h to  2h	+12 to +37
  61		 0h to  1h	+12 to +37
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-5_070805.pdf in A4 size (220KB)
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  62		23h to 24h	-12 to +12	poss1_062-073_070512_070811.pdf in A4 size (1,170KB)
  63		22h to 23h	-12 to +12
  64		21h to 22h	-12 to +12
  65		20h to 21h	-12 to +12
  66		19h to 20h	-12 to +12
  67		18h to 19h	-12 to +12
  68		17h to 18h	-12 to +12
  69		16h to 17h	-12 to +12
  70		15h to 16h	-12 to +12
  71		14h to 15h	-12 to +12
  72		13h to 14h	-12 to +12
  73		12h to 13h	-12 to +12
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-6_070809.pdf in A4 size (198KB)
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  74		11h to 12h	-12 to +12	poss1_074-085_070512_070811.pdf in A4 size (1,260KB) 
  75		10h to 11h	-12 to +12
  76		 9h to 10h	-12 to +12
  77		 8h to  9h	-12 to +12
  78		 7h to  8h	-12 to +12
  79		 6h to  7h	-12 to +12
  80		 5h to  6h	-12 to +12
  81		 4h to  5h	-12 to +12
  82		 3h to  4h	-12 to +12
  83		 2h to  3h	-12 to +12
  84		 1h to  2h	-12 to +12
  85		 0h to  1h	-12 to +12
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-7_070811.pdf in A4 size (198KB)
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  86		23h to 24h	-37 to -12	poss1_086-097_070512_070811.pdf in A4 size (1,349KB) 
  87		22h to 23h	-37 to -12
  88		21h to 22h	-37 to -12
  89		20h to 21h	-37 to -12
  90		19h to 20h	-37 to -12
  91		18h to 19h	-37 to -12
  92		17h to 18h	-37 to -12
  93		16h to 17h	-37 to -12
  94		15h to 16h	-37 to -12
  95		14h to 15h	-37 to -12
  96		13h to 14h	-37 to -12
  97		12h to 13h	-37 to -12
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-8_070811.pdf in A4 size (221KB)
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  98		11h to 12h	-37 to -12	poss1_098-109_070512_070812.pdf in A4 size (1,413KB)
  99		10h to 11h	-37 to -12
 100		 9h to 10h	-37 to -12
 101		 8h to  9h	-37 to -12
 102		 7h to  8h	-37 to -12
 103		 6h to  7h	-37 to -12
 104		 5h to  6h	-37 to -12
 105		 4h to  5h	-37 to -12
 106		 3h to  4h	-37 to -12
 107		 2h to  3h	-37 to -12
 108		 1h to  2h	-37 to -12
 109		 0h to  1h	-37 to -12
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-9_070811.pdf in A4 size (219KB)
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 110		23h to 24h	-62 to -37	poss1_110-121_060806_070812.pdf in A4 size (1,576KB)
 111		22h to 23h	-62 to -37
 112		21h to 22h	-62 to -37
 113		20h to 21h	-62 to -37
 114		19h to 20h	-62 to -37
 115		18h to 19h	-62 to -37
 116		17h to 18h	-62 to -37
 117		16h to 17h	-62 to -37
 118		15h to 16h	-62 to -37
 119		14h to 15h	-62 to -37
 120		13h to 14h	-62 to -37
 121		12h to 13h	-62 to -37
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-10_070811.pdf in A4 size (114KB)
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 122		11h to 12h	-62 to -37	poss1_122-133_070512_070812.pdf in A4 size (1,494KB)
 123		10h to 11h	-62 to -37
 124		 9h to 10h	-62 to -37
 125		 8h to  9h	-62 to -37
 126		 7h to  8h	-62 to -37
 127		 6h to  7h	-62 to -37
 128		 5h to  6h	-62 to -37
 129		 4h to  5h	-62 to -37
 130		 3h to  4h	-62 to -37
 131		 2h to  3h	-62 to -37
 132		 1h to  2h	-62 to -37
 133		 0h to  1h	-62 to -37
  Frame Index Overlay				poss1-11_070812.pdf in A4 size (109KB)
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 134		22h to 24h	-83 to -62
 135		20h to 22h	-83 to -62
 136		18h to 20h	-83 to -62
 137		16h to 18h	-83 to -62
 138		14h to 16h	-83 to -62
 139		12h to 14h	-83 to -62
 140		10h to 12h	-83 to -62
 141		 8h to 10h	-83 to -62
 142		 6h to  8h	-83 to -62
 143		 4h to  6h	-83 to -62
 144		 2h to  4h	-83 to -62
 145		 0h to  2h	-83 to -62
 146		 0h to 24h	-90 to -83
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