AstroGrid

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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.[http://www.astrogrid.org/wiki/Community/News/20080401-nam2008 Community/News/20080401-nam2008 – AstroGrid – Trac] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513011802/http://www.astrogrid.org/wiki/Community/News/20080401-nam2008 |date=May 13, 2008 }}

The project ran, in three phases, from 2001 to 2009. Accounts of its end-days[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7487861.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Physics names winners and losers][http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/c-day-plus-one/ C-day Plus One « The e-Astronomer][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7341535.stm BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | An astronomer's view of funding cuts] suggest that many in the community regretted its early closing.