Joint Astronomy Centre

James Clerk Maxwell Telescope		United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

       LATEST NEWS

• UKIDSS Consortium receives RAS Group Award (13-Jan-2012) (NEW)
• Press release: A Happy New Year for European Radio Astronomy (05-Jan-2012)
• Press release: Revolutionary New Camera Reveals the Dark Side of the Universe (06-Dec-2011)
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• JCMT2020 Report (05-Dec-2011)
  
• Announcement:JCMT2020 Study to Define Options for the Future of the JCMT (11-Aug-2011)
• Announcement:Netherlands Withdrawal from JCMT (04-Aug-2011)
• Press release: The Most Distant Quasar (30-June-2011)
• JAC Funding Extended to 2013 (10-May-2011)
• UKIRT Sets New Productivity Record (15-Mar-2011)
• Remote Operations Implemented for UKIRT (27-Dec-2010)
• JCMT Newsletter Autumn 2010 issue (#33) available (16-Dec-2010)
• UKIRT Newsletter Autumn 2010 issue (#27) available (7-Dec-2010)
• Press release:UKIRT Instrumental in Discovery of the First Methane Dwarf Orbiting a Dying Star (23-Nov-2010)
• Press release:UKIRT Unveils the Mysteries of Massive Star Formation (29-Jun-2010)
• A Minimalist Operating Mode for UKIRT (4-Jun-2010)
• Press release:UKIRT Astronomers Discover Cool Stars in Nearby Space (29-Jan-2010)
• Press release:Towards an Exquisite Look at Black Holes (08-Dec-2009)
• Note to Community from JCMT Board (Dec-2009)
• The JAC announces the Hawaiki (Deneb) release of the Starlink Software Collection (20-Jan-2010)
• Press release:UKIRT Astronomers Discover Local Star's Cool Companion (20-Apr-2009)
  
• Press release:Glorious Orion: UKIRT Helps Reveal Chaotic and Overcrowded Stellar Nursery (20-Apr-2009)
  
• UKIRT Planet Finder SoI endorsed (05-Apr-2009)
  
• UKIRT PATT and Service Programmes in WF Mode (12-Feb-2009)
  
• UKIRT Moving to Wide-Field Mode (22-Dec-2008)
  
• JAC/STFC and CEOU sign Memorandum of Understanding (11-Dec-2008)

The Joint Astronomy Centre provides services and support to enable community and staff astronomers to undertake top-quality, front-line international-class research using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT); to develop the JCMT in order to maintain its position as the most advanced observatory of its kind in the world; to operate the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in a streamlined mode so as to expeditiously complete the world-leading UKIDSS programme, plus other programmes as resources permit; to operate both facilities in the most cost-effective and efficient manner on behalf of the funding agencies; and to be responsive to the changing needs of the contributing organisations.

The JAC is an establishment of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council operated in partnership with Canada and The Netherlands.