We invite you to an Astronomical Observatory Institute seminar. The seminars are held weekly, on Thursdays at 1 p.m. in the building of the Astronomical Observatory of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan at Słoneczna 36.
Date: 16 May 2024
Keynote speaker: Dr Vincent Robert (IMCCE & IPSA, France)
Title: NAROO programme: digitalization of photographic plates
Abstract: The NAROO program has been created at Paris Observatory, Meudon, as a unique centre dedicated to the digitization and the analysis of old astro-photographic plates for scientific purposes, only. The renewed interest about photographic plates concerns the expansion of the database of transient objects evolving in time, since 1) digitization now makes it possible to measure images with a high level of accuracy and to identify all the available objects, 2) the arrival of the Gaia reference catalogues allows to realize reductions for past observations with today accuracy. The information extracted from such materials can be of an astrometric, photometric, and spectroscopic nature, when not purely imaging, with consequences in planetology, near-Earth asteroid risk assessment, astrophysical phenomena, and general relativity, to mention but a few. We will present technical details about the installation, then results of the first large scientific campaigns derived form planetary plates (Jupiter) and Sky survey plates (NEO precoveries).