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2007 Mar 1 - First Light
NICI arrived on Cerro Pachon in early January 2007. Commissioning in the lab began immediately, led by Tom Hayward (Gemini Instrument Scientist), Doug Toomey (Mauna Kea Infrared) and Mark Chun (Univ. of Hawaii). The instrument was installed on the telescope February 14, 2007 and saw "first light" on the sky February 20th. The AO loop was successfully closed the second night (the first suffered from very poor seeing). An intensive, and largely successful, six night commissioning run concluded on February 27th. Commissioning and performance optimization will continue through 2007A and into 2007B.

2006 Jan 4
NICI Campaign Science team selected. Background information on the NICI Campaign Science program and proposal process can be found on the Campaign Science pages.

Last update: Mar 1, 2007; Bernadette Rodgers