Latest SONG news:
2013-11-15: The power of lucky imaging. See Jupiter here
2013-10-23: LI image of M15 acquired. See it here
2013-10-10: LI image of Saturn acquired. See it here
2013-09-23: Tau-Tec is adjusting the AO software.
2013-09-18: Re-gluing of AO pads done.
2013-09-13: Astelco arrived at site to redo gluing of AO pads.
2013-08-02: Improper gluing might be the reason for AO problems.
2013-07-26: Stability problems with the AO discovered.
2013-07-24: SONG team stopped testing.
2013-07-22: SONG team started testing again.
2013-07-21: IAC carried out 3 days of observations of the Sun.
2013-07-08: Tau-Tec is calibrating the Active Optic (AO) System.
2013-06-20: Last test of the optics were carried out.
2013-06-17: Mirrors were realigned.
2013-06-10: Image of Saturn acquired. See it here
2013-06-09: M2 repolished.
2013-04-28: New problem with M2 discovered.
2013-04-26: Per, Anton and Frank arrived at site.
2013-04-25: People from Astelco arrived at site.
2013-04-23: New design of the web page.
2013-04-19: Schedule for FA planned.
2013-04-17: Remote observations carried out by AsTelco.
2013-03-26: M1 support fixed.
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A drawing of the SONG prototype telescope.
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