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).
Announcement for Semester 99A Applications
INSTRUMENTATION UPDATE
South Pole Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer (SPIFI)
PATT INFORMATION
PATT ITAC Report for Semester 98B
JCMT Allocations for Semester 98B
STATISTICS
Weather and Fault Statistics for Semester 97B
Weather and Fault Statistics for Semester 98A
TECHNICAL NEWS
An Early Start to Evening Shift
Serviced Mode Acknowledgements
Modifications to the UK (and International) Service Observing Application Procedures
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
CONTACT INFORMATION
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