Abstract
All classical works on galaxy surface photometry have been performed with photographic plates. During the seventies, several other panoramic detectors such as electronographic cameras or intensified televisions have been used. The gain in speed and accuracy of these new detectors was counterbalanced by numerous defects such as geometrical distorsion and calibration difficulties. They never challenged, in this particular field of surface photometry, the photographic plates. The appearance of CCDs in late seventies has reversed the situation and despite their small size, they are ideally suited for surface photometry. In this paper we will first review the good and bad sides of plates and CCDs for surface photometry, and then compare the results obtained with the two methods on selected galaxies.
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Vigroux, L., Nieto, JL. (1985). Comparison of photographic and CCD surface photometry of galaxies. In: Nieto, JL. (eds) New Aspects of Galaxy Photometry. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 232. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030923
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