AstroGrid

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AstroGrid is a £7.7M project aimed at building a data-grid for UK astronomy, which forms part of the UK contribution to the International Virtual Observatory. AstroGrid announced its first full production release on 1st April 2008[1].

Despite this, AstroGrid is currently threatened with closure[2][3] due to the £80 million gap in the STFC's budget.

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  1. ^ Community/News/20080401-nam2008 – AstroGrid – Trac
  2. ^ BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | An astronomer's view of funding cuts
  3. ^ http://www.stfc.ac.uk/STFCConsultation/sources/STFC_PR2008.pdf


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