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Because the DASCH project is ongoing, this article needs frequent updates as new blocks of images are released. Progress is not likely to follow a regular schedule due to funding issues, volunteer labor and the one-of-a-kind custom scanner. If you read this, please check project websites for newly released data and update the article as needed. If you have the time and inclination, please help expand the article.
Much more can and should be written about the DASCH project. A machine was created to automatically clean the plates without damaging the emulsion. Techniques were developed to correlate data. More background could be written about how the plates were created, either in this article or the Harvard College Observatory article or, ideally, both. I envision at least three more sections or subsections to cover:
A lot more was written about the DASCH project in reliable sources. I opened but didn't use:
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This article was started because I wanted information about DASCH and discovered that Wikipedia didn't have an article. Since I was searching anyway, I banged the basic article together in a few of days. I hope that editors who know more about astrophotography will help expand and polish the article. If not, I will try to do so in the future after completing some other neglected Wikipedia project. Thanks in advance, DocTree ( ʞlɐʇ· ʇuoɔ) WER 01:16, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
![]() | A fact from Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard appeared on Wikipedia's
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Because the DASCH project is ongoing, this article needs frequent updates as new blocks of images are released. Progress is not likely to follow a regular schedule due to funding issues, volunteer labor and the one-of-a-kind custom scanner. If you read this, please check project websites for newly released data and update the article as needed. If you have the time and inclination, please help expand the article.
Much more can and should be written about the DASCH project. A machine was created to automatically clean the plates without damaging the emulsion. Techniques were developed to correlate data. More background could be written about how the plates were created, either in this article or the Harvard College Observatory article or, ideally, both. I envision at least three more sections or subsections to cover:
A lot more was written about the DASCH project in reliable sources. I opened but didn't use:
and
This article was started because I wanted information about DASCH and discovered that Wikipedia didn't have an article. Since I was searching anyway, I banged the basic article together in a few of days. I hope that editors who know more about astrophotography will help expand and polish the article. If not, I will try to do so in the future after completing some other neglected Wikipedia project. Thanks in advance, DocTree ( ʞlɐʇ· ʇuoɔ) WER 01:16, 14 November 2014 (UTC)