Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Agreements are signed with the University of Florida

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH UNIT
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH UNIT
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University of Florida Research Foundation S.A. (UFRF) joins the GTC project contributing five percent of the total budget, some 5.5 million euros. In return, it will obtain five percent of the observation time once the telescope is up and running, the first light of which is scheduled for spring 2003.

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Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Agreements are signed with the University of Florida
Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Agreements are signed with the University of Florida
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2001
Especia_GTC_2_2001.pdf
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GTCDigital
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Astrophysics

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