WAS started its commissionint on the 17th of January 2023.
Data access has been opened to the WEAVE Participants in order to verify its functionality. WEAVE carried out its First-Light observations with the large integral field unit (LIFU) on last December 2022 (link). Two galaxies of the Stephan’s Quintet were the first observed targets.
Commissioning has started with the distribution of the data obtained during the scientific First-Light observations with the LIFU to the WEAVE Consortium.