UK Astronomy Technology Centre

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Coordinates: 55°55′23.1″N, 3°11′16.2″W The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) is based at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland and is part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

The UK ATC designs, builds, develops, tests and manages major instrumentation projects in support of UK Astronomy. It has design offices, workshops and test facilities for both ground- and space-based instruments. A suite of test labs capable of handling the largest current and projected instruments was added to its facilities in 2006.

Some photos of the labs coming soon!

[edit] External links

• UK Astronomy Technology Centre website
• The Science and Technology Facilities Council

v • d • e Major Scientific Research Facilities based in the United Kingdom Fusion Joint European Torus (JET)  · Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Synchrotron Light Sources Diamond Light Source  · Synchrotron Radiation Source  · ALICE Lasers Central Laser Facility Neutron and muon sources ISIS Atmospheric, Astronomy and Space Science UK Astronomy Technology Centre  · Chilbolton Observatory  · UK Astrophysical Fluid Facility  · Jodrell Bank Observatory  · ECMWF Miscellaneous MEIS - The Medium Energy Ion Scattering Facility,