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It is with regret that we announce the sudden death of Dr. Tim Hawarden on 10th November. Tim had a distinguished career based at the ROE and spent several years at the JAC, during which time he led the UKIRT Upgrades Programme in the 1990s. Further details concerning his life and career are available here.


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Latest News:

UKIRT Newsletter Autumn 2009 issue (#25) available (30-Oct-2009)
The JAC announces the Nanahope (Pollux) release of the Starlink Software Collection. (27-July-2009)
JCMT Newsletter Spring 2009 issue (#30) available (5-May-2009)
UKIRT Astronomers Discover Local Star's Cool Companion (20-Apr-2009)
Glorious Orion: UKIRT Helps Reveal Chaotic and Overcrowded Stellar Nursery (20-Apr-2009)
UKIRT Planet Finder SoI endorsed (5-Apr-2009)
JCMT Call for Proposals, Semester 09B (16-Feb-2009)
UKIRT Call for Proposals, Semester 09B (16-Feb-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 visiting and staff astronomers to undertake top-quality, front-line international-class research using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope; to develop these facilities in order to maintain their position as the most advanced of their kind in the world; to operate them 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.