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The Design and Development of the GALAXY Machine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. S. Walker
G. S. Walker*
Affiliation:
Faul-Coradi Scotland Limited, Haddington

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The requirement for a machine of the GALAXY type arose from the large amount of information made available by the photographic plates from Schmidt telescopes. Even a small telescope of this type will produce many thousands of well-defined images per square degree on a single plate. Previously only a few selected images could be measured for position or magnitude in order to keep pace with the production of plates.

Type
Part III. Automated Measuring Equipment
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 11: Automation in Optical Astrophysics , 1971 , pp. 103 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Observatory 1971