The Observatoire Royal de Belgique
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A brief historical account | The Astrographic Catalogue | The sky charts |
The Observatoire Royal de Belgique
Although initially not involved in the enterprise, in 1906 it took over the +39° to +32° zone for the Carte du Ciel. The zone had been originally assigned to the Potsdam Observatory whose Director, H.C. Vogel, in 1904 decided not to even start taking the long-exposure plates.
The majority of the charts (i.e. 500) were published before 1935. The charts also indicate the plate numbers.
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Charts held at INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
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References:
C. Bigg, La Carte du Ciel vue de Potsdam, in: La Carte du Ciel, ed. by J. Lamy, EDP Sciences, 2008, p. 142-144.
I. Chinnici, La Carte du Ciel, Observatoire de Paris/Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, 1999, p. 393-397.