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. (more)

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JCMT Newsletter Spring 2009 issue (#29) available (5-May-2009) Note to the Community Board Meeting December 2008 Call for Proposals for semester 09B (Aug-2009 → Jan-2010) Deadline Mon 16-Mar-2009 at midnight UT News for travellers to the US Changes to US Visa Waiver Program (9-Jan-2009) JAC Annual Report 2007-2008 version available (24-Oct-2008; PDF, 18 MB)	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 Starlink software collection

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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