Newfirm Achieves First Light! (February, 2007)
Items of Interest (December, 2006)
QUOTA Met First Light! (November, 2006)
Newfirm was transported to the 4M Telescope on Kitt Peak in late January, 2007. It achieved first light the beginning of February. For a full report on this milestone, look at the Newfirm Web Page.
The NEWFIRM instrument is now up and running with four arrays. It remains in the flexure test rig at this time but is due to be fitted to the telescope in January 2007. Science verification will take place in several runs during Semester 2007A.
Currently there are four Orthogonal Transfer Array (OTA) devices in the dewar and are being tested in the lab.
MONSOON circuit board sets have been completed and delivery made to Fermilab for their system.
QUOTA met first light for MONSOON on October 11. QUOTA is the prototype camera for WIYN's One Degree Imager (ODI). Read the rest of the story in the latest edition of the NOAO/NSO Newsletter. There will be another QUOTA run in January 2007.
A complete article is in the "NOAO/NSO Newsletter" on page 25.
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