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UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) - The ATC, based at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, aims to be the UK's National Centre for the design and production of state of the art astronomical technology
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) - The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) operates the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope, the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope and the 1.0m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope on behalf of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) of the Netherlands. The ING is located at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain.
Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) - Based in Hawaii, the Joint Astronomy Centre provides services and support to enable visiting and staff astronomers to undertake top-quality, front-line international-class research using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
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