What We've Done
To prove that this project is actually alive and kicking, the following list of milestones will be updated constantly. To counter any emergent decreases in the update rate, e-mail Onsi and tell him to get back to work!
| July 11th | Redid reflectors design! The original reflectors were too large for the manufacturing process we've chosen. Both reflectors are now under 12" in diameter. All the design files and media have been/are being updated. |
| July 5th | Put together a coverage map here. |
| July 1st | CLIC website is now up and running! |
| June 29th |
Final (for now) reflector design is in. Submitted the CAD files to our manufacturer! Happy Birthday Sani! |
| June 28th |
Checked with camera people, confirmed key design-critical camera specs (i.e. how big the thing is). Finished off the CAD designs -- QCad rocks! |
| June 27th |
Started building websi... oh wait, we need to deliver CAD drawings of our reflector design by Wednesday?
...learned QCad. |
| June 24th | Arrived at the name CLIC after many failed attempts to name the project (such attempts included such names as "Skywatcher"). |
| June 23rd | Added a cloud simulator to MirRay and continued to tweak design. Getting some cool videos of... um... spherical clouds... now. |
| June 16th | Added the secondary reflector. Things brings us quite close to the final design. |
| June 10th | Have a fairly solid preliminary model designed, mostly inspired by IRSC. |
| June 9ish | Finished coding the brunt of MirRay... Python and pyOpenGL rock! Now all I need to do is <gulp> design the mirror... |
| June 4th | Placed the order for the camera! |
| June 1st |
Put together the computer that will control the camera. Got the TV card to work after some effort -- I now have TV in the office! |
| May 30th | Started writing MirRay, the 3D raytracer I'll be using to design the mirror and wrap my head around the reflector. |
| May 19th | Placed the order for the computer that will control the camera (nothing fancy, a simple linux box). |
| May 18th | Met with a potential infrared camera supplier. Looks like we've found what we're looking for! |
| May(ish) | The CLIC ball started rolling. Specifications for the infrared camera were laid out. |
What's Coming Up...
The Week of July 4th
- Simulate a few clouds at different altitudes.
- Try jittering the reflected rays -- how precise does the reflector really need to be?
- Put together some modular code to map the CCD image to reality (alt-az).
- Put together a coverage map. Which reflector covers which portion of the sky?
Put together by Onsi Fakhouri