LATEST STATUS OF THE SITE


Site is presently under construction and we hope to be partly operational by the end of 1996. End of construction is expected to be on late 1997.


Presently road to the site and the power is ready. Construction of guest house, machine shop and other buildings, including 40 cm telescope building, is proceeding. Construction of the tower and the building for the 1.5 m telescope will start on April 1996. 40 cm telescope will be installed around August 1996 in a tower with 4.5 m dome ( Ash-Dome ) and hope to be ready for observations on september. 1.5 m telescope building will be ready for 10.5 m double skin dome ( Observa.Dome ) construction by the end of August 1996. Final assembly of 1.5 m telescope will start on April-May 1997. We hope first light by late 1997. Cross sectional view of 1.5 m telescope building shows coude room and the optic path. Fig.1 , Fig.2 show, south and north view. Fig.3 , Fig.4 and Fig.5 are plans for basement, coude and telescope room layouts.


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