First Light for SkyMapper
First light is the occasion when a telescope is first trained upon
the sky and collects star light. The SkyMapper Telescope achieved first light
at 20:35MST 11th July 07 in the Electro Optic Systems Tucson factory.
During July the SkyMapper Telescope will be optimised for
performance and then disassembled, packed into containers and shipped to site
in Coonabarabran, N.S.W., Australia.
The telescope has now (Sept. 2008) been placed in it enclosure and the facility is expected to be operational in the first
quarter of 2009.
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