The Astrographic Catalogue – Perth Observatory

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Declination zone: (-32° to -40°) Assigned to the Rio de Janeiro Observatory
As work at Rio had not progressed until 1900, the task was assigned to the Perth Observatory.

 

 

Perth Observatory, PERTH, Australia

Astrographic catalogue 1900.0, Perth section, Dec. -31° to -41°. From photographs taken and measured at the Perth observatory / under the direction of W. Ernest Cooke … – Perth, W. Simpson, govt. printer, 1911 – 1919. –24 v. ; 31 cm.
( this part refers to the “Perth zone”, i.e. only those plates photographed and measured at Perth).

Astrographic catalogue 1900.0, Perth section, Dec. -31° to -41°.
V. 33. – 1922. – The volume contains the measures for the first six hours of zone -40°.

Astrographic catalogue 1900.0, Perth section, dec. -31° to -41°, from photographs taken at the Perth Observatory, Australia, and measured at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. – Paris : published under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union, 1949-1952. – 3 v. ; 27 cm. – In continuation of Perth Astrographic Catalogue v. 33. – This catalogue refers to the so-called Perth-Edinburgh AC zone.
V. 1 : Measures of rectangular co-ordinates and diameters of 62502 star images on plates with centres in dec. -40°, r.a. 6h0m to 23h50m. – 1949.
V. 2 : Measures of … 62923 star images … in dec. – 39° … – 1950.
V. 3 : Measures of … 68284 star images … in dec. – 38° … – 1952.