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Editorial: 2 August 1999

Peter R. Lawson.
2 August 1999

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It has been a slow month for news. I have found very few new links. These include only the Leonardo da VINCI Home Page describing the fibre-fed commissioning instrument of the VLTI; and the NEVEC NOVA - ESO VLTI Expertise Center.

My sources tell me that there are several interferometer projects seeking applicants for jobs at the postdoctoral level, and that there have been very few applicants for these positions. If you are looking for a job, you obviously haven't been trying hard enough to find one, because the jobs exist.

I've been hearing of progress on both the VLTI and Keck Interferometers. Each of these is now in the construction phase. My own impression is that the construction of the VLTI lags the Keck Interferometer by perhaps 6 or 9 months. Each is in a very preliminary phase of construction involving the installation of delay line rails and preliminary installation of support optics (Coude beam paths).

Progress has been made recently at the CHARA Array. The metrology system is working well, internal fringes have been obtained, the mirrors have been installed in the first telescope, and the control software for the telescopes has been tested successfully.

Peter Lawson
August 2, 1999

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