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 Harvard Observatory Plate Stacks
MF Series Characteristics

Basics
Plate Size Plate Scale Telescope Focal Length
8x10, 14x1a7 167"/mm 10-inch Metcalf Triplet 49 inches

Observatory
Plate NumbersLocationDates
1- 2513Cambridge1915-20-09 - 1918-04-25
2514- 8219Arequipa1918-09-13 - 1923-10-30
8220-8418Chuquicamata, Chile1923-12-08 - 1924-02-12
8419-8973Arequipa, Peru1924-03-14 - 1924-12-21
(8974-8992San Jose, Peru ?1925-01-14 - 1925-02-18)
8993-9922Arequipa, Peru1925-03-14 - 1925-10-19
9923-10103Chuquicamata, Chile1925-11-26 - 1926-02-18
10104-140897Bloemfontein, South Africa1927-09-13 - 1955-03-23

Online Searchable Catalog

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Maps of spatial and temporal distribution 		histogram by year
Histogram by year

ASCII
Catalog
  • MF Series tab-separated table (number-sorted B1900 Starbase MJD)
  • MF Series tab-separated table (number-sorted B1900 Starbase ISO date)
  • MF Series tab-separated table (number-sorted J2000 Starbase ISO date)
  • MF Series tab-separated table (RA-sorted B1900 Starbase MJD)
  • MF Series tab-separated table (RA-sorted B1900 Starbase ISO date)
  • MF Series tab-separated table (RA-sorted J2000 Starbase ISO date)

    • Filed
    Plate SizeLocationNumbers
    10x12third floorall (1-115)
    8x10first floorall
    14x17first floorall

    Card Catalog:

    		 complete; there is also an Approach database of the blue plates.

    Record Books:

    		 (27) 1-39875 (Book 11 is included in B books 62 nd 63)
    01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

    Record Sheets:

    		 2514-40897

    Comments:

    		 It is not completely clear whether or not the MF accompanied Paraskevopoulos to San Jose during the cloudy season of 1924-25.

    As of February 1995, the MF has been dismantled and the pieces are lying in the 60-inch dome.