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General

In principle all the tasks have been defined and, given the information provided by Aarhus, we should be able to set-up a time-line for the whole project. The main uncertainty is still the building, but in any case we should have the permit well before Spring next year and, even if we are not able to do part of the construction during the Winter, the building should be ready early Spring. Also, considering that the expected delivery times are not clear for various components of the instrument (e.g., we are still searching for a company to coat the mirrors) we do not expect to have everything ready with the instrument before that time either, and the problems with the building permit do not appear to delay the project much. At the moment the main question seems to be more if we can/should do some of the testing with the telescope still in the dome.

In any case, overall commissioning of the instrument in its building is planned for Spring next year.



Thomas Augusteijn 2005-10-27