Mellinger color optical survey survey collection

Using a portable low-cost CCD camera system, 70 fields (each covering 40deg x 27deg) were imaged over a time span of 22 months from dark-sky locations in South Africa, Texas, and Michigan. The fields were photometrically calibrated against standard catalog stars. Using sky background data from the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes, gradients resulting from artificial light pollution, airglow, and zodiacal light were eliminated, while the large-scale galactic and extragalactic background resulting from unresolved sources was preserved. The 648 megapixel image is a valuable educational tool, being able to fully utilize the resolution and dynamic range of modern full-dome planetarium projection systems.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS/P/Mellinger/color
Related Identifier https://alasky.cds.unistra.fr/MellingerRGB
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS/P/Mellinger/color
Provenance
Creator Boch T.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2010
Rights This HiPS is distributed under ODbL license by Unistra/CNRS; https://cds.unistra.fr/aladin-org/licences_aladin.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy
Temporal Coverage 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z