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Astrometry and photometry of digitized plates of Baldone Schmidt telescope

Eglitis, Ilgmars; Andruk, Vitaly

During the 40-year photographic period of astronomical observations, the Baldone Astrophysical Observatory has accumulated more than 22,000 direct and 2,500 spectral images. In 2018, the digitization of direct astrophoto images with a resolution of 1200 dpi was completed. A processing methodology for obtaining the equatorial coordinates and photom…