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Beginning of Summer Time in Chile

Beginning of summer time in Chile

SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) Closes the Loop

SAM closes the loop

SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) UV LASER Launch

SAM UV LASER launch inside the SOAR dome for the first time on January 28, 2011, at 00:30am.

SAM Commissioning

The SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) is installed at the telescope. During four commissioning nights (Nov 20-23), rich technical data and demo images were collected. So far we use natural guide stars to close the AO loop and to prepare the instrument for operation with the UV laser.

SIFS First Light

The SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS) obtained its first spectrum of an astronomical object on the night of 28th April. The first target was the bright star HR4023, the second an even brighter double star Alpha Crucis.

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The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope is a 4.1 meter aperture telescope designed to produce the best quality images of any observatory in its class in the world. It was funded by a partnership among the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, e Inovação (MCTI) da República Federativa do Brasil, the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Michigan State University (MSU). SOAR is situated on Cerro Pachón at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,775 feet) above sea level, at the western edge of the peaks of the Chilean Andes. See this webpage on how to properly acknowledge the use of SOAR data in publications.