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The U.K. STARLINK computer network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

David J. Carnochan
David J. Carnochan*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University College London

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Six VAX-11/780 computers have been set up at different centres of astronomical research throughout the United Kingdom. These computers are solely for the use of astronomers and they are linked together using special telephone lines. They are proving to be a powerful tool, both in the reduction of astronomical images and in the subsequent data analysis.

Type
B. Data Networks
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 64: Automated Data Retrieval in Astronomy , 1982 , pp. 63 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982