What is it about?
Many astronomical institutions posses vast collections of physical spectroscopic plates that have not been digitalized, processed and analyzed. The technical personnel and equipment necessary to perform these tasks no longer exists, since modern spectroscopic observations are performed in a fully digital fashion. Our software assists and, whenever possible, automates these tasks.
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Why is it important?
We cannot go back in time to observe past astronomical events. However, many objects we discover existed when these historical observations were performed. In this fashion, researchers at UNLP have discovered a previously unrecognized supernova event. Tapping into historical observations can provide a unique source of data for astronomers.
Perspectives
This work is part of a long collaboration between different fields that has been very fruitful and rewarding.
FACUNDO MANUEL QUIROGA
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
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This page is a summary of: ReTrOH-UNLP: Conservation of the Historical Observational Work of the Astronomical Observatory of La Plata with Computer Vision, Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, December 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3754333.
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