James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

With a diameter of 15m the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is the largest astronomical telescope in the world designed specifically to operate in the submillimeter wavelength region of the spectrum. The JCMT is used to study our Solar System, interstellar dust and gas, and distant galaxies. It is situated close to the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, at an altitude of 4092m.

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Tri-partite agreement extended to 2012 Note to the Community from the JCMT Board (June 2008) JCMT Newsletter Spring 2008 issue (#28) available (18 Apr 2008) SCUBA-2 is in the building!! In an operation which took three days on the 2-4 Apr 2008, SCUBA-2 was transported to the JCMT, lifted into the dome and then mounted onto the telescope. An exciting milestone achieved and congratulations too all those involved. Call for Proposals for semester 09A (Feb-Jul 2009): Deadline Tue 16 Sep 2008 at midnight UT New Release of Starlink (Data Reduction & Analysis) Software (8 Feb 2008)

Download the latest version of the JCMT Observing Tool. Detailed descriptions of observing modes are also available here. OMP Access to your Project Observing at the JCMT Schedules

The JCMT is supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the National Research Council Canada, and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research; it is overseen by the JCMT Board	The JCMT is part of the RadioNet consortium
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