GHOST

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) begins verification and testing over the next several months. The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) is completing the build phase of their work on GHOST. Meanwhile, the Australian National University (ANU) team is progressing on the software to prepare the Integral Field Unit (IFU) positioner and slit viewer for testing. This testing will progress over the next two to three months in order to verify that requirements have been met prior to shipping the Cassegrain unit and prototype cable to Gemini South in Chile for early testing on the telescope. Next, the AAO will send the slit viewer and science cable to Canada for integration with the spectrograph being built by the Canadian National Research Council - Herzberg (NRC-H).