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We review the development of submillimetre continuum astronomy on UKIRT between the telescope’s inauguration and the handing over of the baton to the JCMT in 1997.
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Robson, I. (2013). Continuum Submillimetre Astronomy from UKIRT. In: Adamson, A., Davies, J., Robson, I. (eds) Thirty Years of Astronomical Discovery with UKIRT. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_4
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