Harvard Plate Collection M44

DASCH
Digital Access to a Sky Century @ Harvard
A New Look at the Temporal Universe



DASCH team meeting in December, 2011. Standing, left to right: Josh Grindlay, Mathieu Servillat, Steve Siok. Seated: Jim Ostiguy, David Sliski, Ray Kennison, Jamie Pepper, Alison Doane, Bob Simcoe, Edward Los, and Sumin Tang.

Current Project Team
Prof. Jonathan GrindlayHCO - Principal Investigator
Alison DoaneHCO - Plate Stacks Curator
Doug MinkSAO - Archive Software
Sumin TangGraduate Student - Photometry
Mathieu ServillatPhotometry
Bob SimcoeHCO associate - Scanner Hardware
Edward LosHCO associate - Scanner Software
Alan SliskiConsultant
George ChampineLogbook Photography
Jaime PepperHCO - Assistant Curator
David SliskiHCO - Assistant Curator
William ToomeyPlate Scanning
Carl HeinrichPlate Scanning
Jim OstiguyPlate Scanning
Chase GreenSoftware, Plate Scanning
Bill RobinsonSoftware
Steve SiokPlate Scanning
John LeonelliPlate Scanning
Robert O'DayPlate Scanning
Ray KenisonPlate Scanning
Steve HombergStudent Programmer
Julia HardyPlate Scanning
Ted BlankLogbook Transcription
Melanie GibsonLogbook Transcription
Project Alumni
Bill WeirWPI - Machinist
John BlomquistMachinist
Michael Shaw2006 Summer Intern
Bruce BergerSoftware
Tom CalderwoodSoftware
Tracy McGinnisData Entry
Matthew GordonStudent Volunteer
Silas LaycockPhotometry
Charles SteinhardtGraduate Student - Database
Phyllis Van DynePlate Preparation
Emily ZhangHCO - Summer Assistant
Brian ClausHCO - Summer Assistant
Bianca HombergStudent Programmer
We appreciate the efforts of the logbook transcription team at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City led by Dr. Michael Shara, Curator, Dept. of Astrophysics, Christine Davis and formerly by Holly Barton. The team includes the following volunteers: Andrew Epstein, Barry Chin, Frank Piscitelli, Lika Levi, Malcolm McLain, Michael Groysman, Michael Hamburg, Michael Yohe, Kenneth Cunningham, Steve Goscinski, Nicole Steadman, Aryeh Baruch, and Paul Reitz. Past contributors are Ian McManus, Peter Lachman, Larry Furtsch, Peter Marsh, and Valerie Thaler.