Information Sheets
Below are a number of information sheets that give further insight into many of our projects and activities. These sheets are made available as PDF files.
About the UK ATC [PDF/ 0.51 MB]
UK ATC Facilities [PDF/ 0.73 MB]
Innovation Group [PDF/ 0.26 MB]
Science & Research [PDF/ 0.85 MB]
ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre Array) [PDF/ 1.19 MB]
ELT (Extremely Large Telescope) [PDF/ 1.45 MB]
KMOS (K-band Multi Object Spectrometer) [PDF/ 0.73 MB]
MIRI (Mid InfraRed Instrument) [PDF/ 2.07 MB]
SCUBA-2 (Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array -2) [PDF/ 1.15 MB]
Spire (Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver) [PDF/ 1.30 MB]
VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) [PDF/ 2.47 MB]
OPTICON (Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy) [PDF/ 0.85MB]
Software Engineering Group [PDF/ 4.85 MB]
GMOS (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph) [PDF/ 0.47 MB]
UIST (UKIRT Imaging Spectrometer) [PDF/ 0.72 MB]
WFCAM (Wide Field Camera for UKIRT) [PDF/ 3.29 MB]
About the ROE [PDF/ 1.07 MB]
History of the ROE [PDF/ 2.16 MB]
The Crawford Collection [PDF/ 1.67 MB]
STFC: Investing In The Future 2010-15
Impact through inspiration and innovation
The Science and Technology Facilities Council today announced a five-year £2.4 billion investment strategy in world-leading multi-disciplinary science and technology, designed to deliver maximum scientific, societal, international and economic benefit for the United Kingdom in the current tougher financial environment.
Statement by the Director UK ATC on the STFC Press Release of Dec 16th 2009
"We welcome STFC’s continued support of the UK ATC in these difficult times and we are especially pleased to see that that our highest priority programme, the European Extremely Large Telescope for ESO, is given strong support in the future programme."
Professor Ian Robson
Director UK ATC