Historical astronomical data: urgent need for preservation, digitization enabling scientific exploration
by Alexei Pevtsov, Elizabeth Griffin, Jonathan Grindlay, Stella Kafka, Jennifer Bartlett, Ilya Usoskin, Kalevi Mursula, Sarah Gibson, Valentín Pillet, Joan Burkepile, David Webb, Frédéric Clette, James Hesser, Peter Stetson, Andres Muñoz-Jaramillo, Frank Hill, Rick Bogart, Wayne Osborn, and Dana Longcope
Published onMay 31, 2019
Historical astronomical data: urgent need for preservation, digitization enabling scientific exploration
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Abstract
This white paper emphasizes critical importance of preservation, digitization and scientific exploration of historical astronomical data. It outlines the rationale, provides examples of new science with such data, and reviews the potential losses to science if nothing it done.
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