Approximate Colors of the Photographic Survey Plates
Photographic Photoelectric
Survey Emulsion Filter Passband Passband
------ -------- ------ ------------ -------------
POSS-I 103aE RP2444 E R
103aO None O B
RP2444 = Red Plexiglass, similar to
a Wratten No. 29 Filter
POSS-II IIIaJ GG385 BJ B
IIIaF RG610 R R
IV-N RG9 I I
SRC-J IIIaJ GG395 BJ B
SERC-EJ IIIaJ GG395 BJ B
ESO-R IIIaF RG630 R63F R
SERC-ER IIIaF OG590 R59F R
AAO-R IIIaF OG590 R59F R
AAO-N IV-N RG715 I* I
AAO-sR IIIaF RG630 R63F R
098-0 RG630
PIMWA IV-N I I
098
LUYTEN 08101 red70
103aD none
103aD ***
103aD yel3
103aD yel8
103aE none
103aE #12
103aE 66
103aE 67
103aE 68
103aE 69
103aE 70
103aE 70r
103aE amb
103aE amb2
103aE amb3
103aE amb4
103aE amb5
103aE amb6
103aE amb7
103aE amb8
103aE red66
103aE red67
103aE red70
103aE red71
103aO none O
Some Useful References
- Bessell, M. S. 1986, VRI Photometry III: Photographic and CCD R and I
Bands and the Kron-Cousins RI System, PASP, 98, 1303
- Blair, M. and Gilmore, G. 1982, Color Equations for the United Kingdom
Schmidt Telescope, PASP, 94, 742
- Evans, D. W. 1989, Photometric Calibration of the APM Proper Motion
Project, A&A Suppl., 78, 249
- Henden, A. A., Pier, J. R., Monet, D. G., and Canzian, B. 1994,
Calibrating the USNO PMM, ASP Conf. Ser., 61, 223
- Luyten, W. J. 1963, Proper Motion Survey with the 48-inch Schmidt
Telescope, Part I (Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota)
- Minkowski, R. L. and Abell, G. O. 1963, The National Geographic
Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, in Stars and Stellar
Systems, Vol. 3., Basic Astronomical Data, ed. K. Aa Strand (Chicago
Univ.: Chicago Press), p. 481
- Reid, I. N. et al. 1991, The Second Palomar Sky Survey, PASP, 103, 661
Comments, questions, etc., write to
S. Levine
Last updated: 19apr2001 by sel