THE JCMT NEWSLETTER

September 1998 Issue Number 11

This issue is primarily available in electronic format only. Downloadable files containing the majority of the contents will shortly be available in Postscript format ( news11.ps) or in Adobe Acrobat format ( news11.pdf).

Message from the Director

The People Page

Announcement for Semester 99A Applications

INSTRUMENTATION UPDATE

Heterodyne Instrumentation

SCUBA

Short Baseline Interferometry

South Pole Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer (SPIFI)

RxW

PATT INFORMATION

PATT Application Deadline

Special Notes 99A Applicants

Electronic Submission Update

PATT ITAC Report for Semester 98B

JCMT Allocations for Semester 98B

JCMT Working Schedule

STATISTICS

Weather and Fault Statistics for Semester 97B

Weather and Fault Statistics for Semester 98A

Publication Statistics

TECHNICAL NEWS

The JAC Safety Manual

The 1997 JCMT Annual Report

An Early Start to Evening Shift

Serviced Mode Acknowledgements

Modifications to the UK (and International) Service Observing Application Procedures

SCUBA Chop Tracking Bug

SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

SCUBA discovers a Distant Galaxy hidden in Dust

Possible new Solar System in formation around nearby stars Vega and Fomalhaut

JCMT discovers a Nearby Star System just like our own Solar System

SCUBA Observations reveal Distant Star-forming Galaxies obscured by Dust

JAC Internal Science Seminars

CONTACT INFORMATION

Points of Contact

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