• The National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS, or just POSS, also POSS I) was a major astronomical survey, that took almost...
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    portal List of astronomical observatories Mount Laguna Observatory National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey Yale University, Dept. of...
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  • the Guide Star Catalog. For the northern sky, the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey E-band (red, named after the Eastman Kodak...
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    photographic surveys, starting with the 1885 Harvard Plate Collection, the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey, and others. By...
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    Catalina Sky Survey - an astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids. Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory...
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    of the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey, which were taken with the 48-inch Schmidt camera at Palomar Observatory. Leo I is...
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  • Palomar–Leiden survey (PLS) was a successful astronomical survey to study faint minor planets in a collaboration between the U.S Palomar Observatory and...
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  • resulted from his work during and after the National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, especially concerning clusters of galaxies and planetary...
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    first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). In total there are 15 Palomar globular clusters, which include Palomar 1, Palomar 2, Palomar 3, Palomar 4, Palomar...
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    discovered before August 1955 as part of the National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. It is estimated to be about 3,800 light-years...
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    catalogue of 2,712 rich clusters found on the National Geographic Society Palomar Observatory Sky Survey" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series...
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    Telescope at Palomar Observatory, completed in 1948. This instrument was used in the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS, 1958)...
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  • dictionary. Poss may refer to: National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey, a major photographic survey of the night sky Professional open-source...
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    discovered before August 1955 as part of the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey on photographic plates created with the 48-inch...
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    and Haute-Provence 1. First discovered on the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates by Robert G. Harrington and Fritz Zwicky...
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    National Geographic Society, in recognition of its contribution to astronomy by supporting the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey...
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  • sources. He headed the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey, a photographic atlas of the entire northern sky (and down to declination...
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    means of a visual inspection of the red 103a-E plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS), for which Abell was one of the principal observers....
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    George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National Geographic Society's Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). It is part of...
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  • (catalogue of peculiar galaxies, captured during the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey) (POSS) AG, AGK, AGKR — Astronomische Gesellschaft...
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    catalogue of 2712 rich clusters found on the National Geographic Society Palomar Observatory Sky Survey" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series...
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  • NGC – (catalog) New General Catalog NGS-POSS – National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey NGST – (telescope) Next Generation Space Telescope...
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    Globular Clusters group. First discovered on the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey plates by Robert George Harrington and Fritz...
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    Red, Green, and Blue) Montage (image software) National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey Night photography Star trail Satellite photography...
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    Abell in 1958, using data retrieved from the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey. Abell 1413 is classified as a type I galaxy...
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    Samuel Oschin telescope (category Palomar Observatory)
    formation. National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) Palomar Distant Solar System Survey (PDSSS) UK...
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    known as the Palomar Globular Clusters, discovered in survey plates from the first National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s...
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  • the sight of stars. For example, the world-famous Palomar Observatory in California is threatened by sky-glow from the nearby city of Escondido and local...
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  • owned and managed by the National Geographic Society. Since 2015, controlling interest has been held by National Geographic Partners. Topics of features...
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    the same region of the sky from photographic plates taken by the National Geographic SocietyPalomar Observatory Sky Survey. The identifier 'Abell 63'...
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