Software Tools for Digitization of Astronomical Photographic Plates
Kirov, Nikolay, Tsvetkov, Milcho, Tsvetkova, Katya (2012)
Serdica Journal of Computing
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ACM Computing Classification System (1998): J.2. In this paper we present tools for helping the process of digitization of astronomical photographic plates. The requirements of Virtual Observatory presume that any FITS file, which contains a digital image, has to be equipped with a complete header. Wide-Field Plate Database (WFPDB) offers most of the meta-data needed for the creation of FITS header. The header2011 software gives the user an appropriate tool for connecting...