AstroGrid was a £7.7M project which built a data-grid for UK

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, forming part of the UK contribution to the International Virtual Observatory. AstroGrid announced its first full production release on 1 April 2008. The project ran, in three phases, from 2001 to 2009. Accounts of its end-daysBBC NEWS , Science/Nature , An astronomer's view of funding cuts
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http://www.astrogrid.orghttp://www.stfc.ac.uk/
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