Second “First Light” on IGRINS!

Gemini staff are excited to welcome the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer (IGRINS) back to Gemini South. IGRINS is operated at Gemini as a Visiting Instrument through an agreement with the University of Texas at Austin and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. IGRINS’ first visit in 2018 was very successful, resulting in a number of outstanding results that are still keeping scientists busy. Now IGRINS is back for a second, more extended visit, and was installed on the telescope at the end of January. Here you can see the first image from the 2020 commissioning, which went very smoothly thanks to the outstanding instrument team and the talented staff at Gemini. Remember, if you missed your chance to propose for IGRINS for the 2020A semester, it will be available in the next call as well, so propose early and often!