NSF Org:	AST Division Of Astronomical Sciences
Recipient:	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Initial Amendment Date:	April 16, 1992
Latest Amendment Date:	December 5, 1994
Award Number:	9119219
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Vernon Pankonin AST  Division Of Astronomical Sciences MPS  Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date:	April 15, 1992
End Date:	December 31, 1995 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$817,300.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$832,300.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1992 = $249,248.00 FY 1993 = $270,755.00 FY 1994 = $297,297.00 FY 1995 = $15,000.00
History of Investigator:	Roberta Humphreys (Principal Investigator) roberta@umn.edu Robert Pennington (Co-Principal Investigator) Stephen Odewahn (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55414-3074 (612)624-5599
Sponsor Congressional District:	05
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55414-3074
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	KABJZBBJ4B54
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRON & COSMOLO, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & INSTRM, SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN ASTRONOMY
Primary Program Source:	app-0193  app-0194  app-0195
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 1207, 1217, 9178, 9251, OTHR, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	121700, 121800, 121900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

This award funds continuing development and operation of a unique facility, the University of Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner. This device digitizes, at high speed, pairs of plates, such as those of the Palomar Sky Survey, permitting sophisticated func- tions such as astrometry, photometry, and pattern recognition. In the next three years, digitization of the first Palomar Sky survey will be completed and made available, on line, to the astronomical community, and work will be started on the second Palomar survey, providing important comparison data.

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