2011 Nov 24 | first prototype ready |
2011 Dec 27 | first test images obtained by the prototype of the coronagraph |
2012 Jan 26 | funding ensured by OCA for part of the experiment |
2012 Feb 8 | first refractor telescope received for building the first of the coronagraphs |
2012 Feb 9 | first telescope taken in charge by the workshop in Nice |
2012 Mar 14 | validation of the first optics assembly in the optical lab of OCA, in Nice (prototype mark II) |
2012 Mar 16 | arrival of 8 additional refractors at OCA, Nice |
2012 Mar 26 | validation on the sky of the "mark II" prototype |
2012 Apr 13 | all devices built |
2012 Apr 19 | three more coronagraphs assembled and tested |
2012 Apr 23 | all coronagraphs assembled |
2012 May 5 | one coronagraph tested in Meudon |
2012 May 14 | 6 coronagraphs from Nice to Observatory of Paris by train |
2012 May 18 | 2 coronagraphs arrived in the Hawaii, for observation in Maui and Marquesas |
2012 Jun 1 | transit rehearsal |
2012 Jun 5-6 | T-day! |
2012 Jun onward... | Collection of the obtained data and beginning of data reduction |