An extensive photographic plate library is maintained at the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (ROE). It contains some 15,000 original plates taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) in Australia, some 6,500 original plates taken with older telescopes of ROE, and copies of all major photographic sky surveys. A complete catalog of all plates taken with the UK Schmidt Telescope is accessible via DECNet (SET HOST REVAD (19889) or RLESIS::REVAD) or through telnet to star.roe.ac.uk. Login as user UKSCAT; no password is required.
Plate catalogs for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and ESO Schmidt Telescope are also maintained. (Note that the AAT catalog does not include digitally recorded observations.) To access either of these catalogs proceed as for the UKST catalog, replacing the login name by either AATCAT (for the AAT catalog) or ESOCAT (for the ESO Schmidt catalog) and follow the instructions. For further information contact ROE staff (ukstu@star.roe.ac.uk on Internet or REVAD (19889) ::UKSTU on DECNet).