At the June 2016 SPIE for Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation held in Edinburgh, representatives of the WFI Proto-Consortium reported on the status of the instrument in several oral and poster presentations. The instrument development is progressing well towards the next milestones.

A complete listing of the published WFI related proceedings can be found here.

The image shows WFI detectors (left) and 100 ks long staring simulation of the Galactic Center Region (right). Credit: WFI Team