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UKIRT NEWSLETTER
** UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE **

United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

N E W S L E T T E R

ISSUE 16, SPRING 2005

**UKIRT Celebrates 25 Years of World-Beating Astronomy!**

UKIRT past and present: from left to right, Terry Lee, Yolanda Boyce, Anna Lucas, Tom Geballe and Andy Adamson, seen here at UKIRT's 25th Anniversary Celebrations, November 2004.

CONTENTS OF THE SPRING 2005 NEWSLETTER

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RESEARCH NEWS

Are Passive Spiral Galaxies truly ``passive'' and ``spiral''? : a Near-Infrared perspective

High precision K-band photometry of the transiting exoplanet HD209458b

UKIRT NEWS

WFCAM Commissioning - November 2004

WFCAM Science Archive update from WFAU

WFCAM Data Processing update from CASU

Comparison of the UIST/IFU and CGS4 efficiencies using Uranus in the K-L'Bands

View from the top

Arrivals and departures

And finally...

You can also download a full-colour printable version of this newsletter:
PDF (3.5Mbytes)

Up: The UKIRT Home Page

Newsletter Editor: Chris Davis

Contact: Chris Davis. Updated: Wed Mar 16 09:14:57 HST 2005

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