* Astronomy

Opportunity with the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope

As part of its restructuring of telescope operations on La Palma, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) of the United Kingdom announces its intention to make the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT) available free of charge to a suitable party interested in taking control of the scientific exploitation of the telescope.

STFC are looking to transfer ownership of the telescope. The new owners will preferably be a recognised public research or training organisation, and will be expected to use the JKT for astronomical research and/or training. They will become one of the user institutions of the Roque de Los Muchachos, the largest concentration of European telescopes in the northern hemisphere, which includes the night-time telescopes GTC (10.4-m), WHT, TNG, INT, NOT, LT, Mercator, Superwasp, SAFT, CATC, as well as the Solar telescopes SST and DOT, and the MAGIC gamma-ray telescopes.

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