AstroGrid was a £7.7M project which built a data-grid for UK astronomy, forming part of the UK contribution to the International Virtual Observatory. AstroGrid announced its first full production release on 1 April 2008.[1]

The project ran, in three phases, from 2001 to 2009. Accounts of its end-days[2][3][4] suggest that many in the community regretted its early closing.

References

  1. ↑ Community/News/20080401-nam2008 – AstroGrid – Trac Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Physics names winners and losers
  3. ↑ C-day Plus One « The e-Astronomer
  4. ↑ BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | An astronomer's view of funding cuts


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