ann25001 — Announcement
January Issue of The NOIRLab Mirror Highlights News and Milestones for the NSF NOIRLab Community
10 January 2025
The January 2025 issue of The NOIRLab Mirror is now available. This biannual publication focuses on news and scientific content from across NOIRLab, which is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Dive into stories that showcase the science, technology, and developments from the five NSF NOIRLab Programs: the Community Science and Data Center (CSDC), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), the International Gemini Observatory, Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), and NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Operations.
This issue features a collection of science highlights spanning the breadth of NOIRLab facilities and Programs, tutorials on data reduction with the Python-based meta-package DRAGONS, a feature on IGRINS-2 — the first new facility instrument at Gemini North since 2005 — reflections on two conferences held in 2023 and 2024 aimed at discussing the future of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), an exciting recap of last year’s achievements for the nearly-complete Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and much more.
The NOIRLab Mirror is free and notifications of the release of future electronic issues can be requested here. A free subscription for printed copies can also be requested by libraries and research institutions.
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NSF NOIRLab, the U.S. National Science Foundation center for ground-based optical-infrared astronomy, operates the International Gemini Observatory (a facility of NSF, NRC–Canada, ANID–Chile, MCTIC–Brazil, MINCyT–Argentina, and KASI–Republic of Korea), NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), the Community Science and Data Center (CSDC), and NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (in cooperation with DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory). It is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with NSF and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.
The scientific community is honored to have the opportunity to conduct astronomical research on I’oligam Du’ag (Kitt Peak) in Arizona, on Maunakea in Hawai‘i, and on Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón in Chile. We recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence of I’oligam Du’ag (Kitt Peak) to the Tohono O’odham Nation, and Maunakea to the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) community.
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Josie Fenske
Jr. Public Information Officer
NSF NOIRLab
Email: josie.fenske@noirlab.edu
