Box 1: RGO 167
Container
Contains 1 Result:
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GALAXY Project Papers, 1965 - 1981
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 167
Scope and Contents
GALAXY was an automated measuring machine for determining accurate positions and brightnesses of stars on photographic plates. The GALAXY Project team, led by Bill Nicholson of the Photographic Astrometry Department, wrote the control software and developed programs to carry out a number of long-term projects, including the measurement of plates from major surveys. The most significant of these involved the measurement of the Second Cape Photographic Survey plates, 5820 plates secured...
Dates:
1965 - 1981
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