Base for Galaxy Automatic Plate Measuring Machine

Made:
1967-1972 in Jena
maker:
VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena

Base for 'Galaxy' automatic plate measuring machine, c. 1969

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1993-527/1
Measurements:
overall: 1191 mm x 2390 mm x 1795 mm,
type:
base
credit:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge

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