Time line of the UCAC project

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1995             1k x 1.5k camera, proof of concept 
1996  Jan        initial plan, budgeting 
1997  Jan        4k camera arrives 
1997  Mar 6      first light at Washington, DC 
1997  April      first science: comparison with Tycho data 
1998  Jan 4      start to unpack instrument at CTIO 
1998  Jan 10/11  first light at CTIO 
1998  Feb 13/14  start survey observing 
1998  May 27     10% of southern hemisphere survey done 
1998  Sep 15     25% of southern hemisphere survey done 
2000  March      first catalog published (UCAC1)
2000  May        half the sky covered (43500 fields completed)
2000  Aug 26     Southern Hemisphere complete
2000  Oct 02     complete to +5 degree declination
2000  Nov 18/19  frame #150,000 taken
2001  Jan 30/31  first frames at +30 deg declination observed
2001  Sep 18/19  conclude observing at CTIO
2001  Oct 22     start to set up instrument in Flagstaff, AZ
2001  Oct 28/29  first light at NOFS
2001  Oct 31/01  start survey observing again
2002  Mar 01     frame #200,000 taken
2002  Sep 22/23  complete to +40 deg declination
2002  Dec 07/08  UCAC2 data release coverage
2003  Mar 13/14  first field at +60 deg declination
2003  July       UCAC2 release at IAU GA, Sydney
2003  Aug 29/30  field #80,000 done and frame # 250,000 taken
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