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Nature 407, 445 (28 September 2000) | doi:10.1038/35035259

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Bright future in the stars for big telescopes?

P. R. Jewell1, F. J. Lockman1 & T. M. Bania2

  1. National Radio Astronomy Observatory , PO Box 2, Green Bank, West Virginia 24944, USA
  2. Astronomy Department, Boston University , 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

Sir — We would like to correct a misleading impression left by your News article on the new Green Bank Telescope (GBT) ( Nature 406, 816: 2000), which achieved first light on 22 August 2000. Funding for the GBT was appropriated by Senator Robert Byrd (Democrat, West Virginia) not with an earmark, but with a $75 million addition to the already established 1989 NSF budget.