Shoot the Universe

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SIR - I was pleased to see the picture of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in the Western Mail. As a lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Glamorgan, I delight in seeing even the briefest mention of my subject.

However, I wish to point out that the UKIRT telescope itself is not new. It has been in operation since 1979 (see http:// www.jach.hawaii.edu/ UKIRT/telescope/history.html). I first used it in 1990, when it was very much "there".

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Shoot the Universe

It is the infrared camera just commissioned on the t...

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