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Gemini Fast Turnaround: October 2024
9 October 2024
We are pleased to announce the monthly Call for Proposals for the Gemini Fast Turnaround (FT) Program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 p.m. (noon) Hawai‘i Standard Time on 31 October 2024. Proposals are being accepted for both Gemini North and South. For…
NSF NOIRLab Semester 2025A Observing Proposals Due 30 September 2024
6 September 2024
NSF NOIRLab has issued a Call for Proposals (CfP) for Semester 2025A; the CfP25A can be found at this link. Please read the CfP25A carefully, as some observatories or facilities continue to have their observing protocols and procedures impacted by COVID-19…
SMARTS Telescopes Return to Service
5 September 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System (SMARTS) is back on-sky. Between 2003 and 2023, the SMARTS Consortium operated up to four small telescopes on Cerro Tololo in Chile: a 0.9-meter Telescope, a 1.0…
PypeIt Workshop 12 September 2024
5 September 2024
On behalf of the PypeIt data reduction pipeline (DRP) project, we invite you to attend a Zoom Workshop to introduce you to PypeIt, solicit your input, and/or help you install and run PypeIt on your data. The workshop will take place during the upcoming…
NSF’s NOIRLab (formally named the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) is the national center for nighttime astronomy. For the first time, all of the nighttime optical/infrared observatories funded by NSF are unified into a single organization. The integration of the Mid-scale Observatories (MSO - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, CTIO, Kitt Peak National Observatory, KPNO) the Community Science & Data Center (CSDC), the Gemini Observatory, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory creates a powerful capability for discovery, technology development, STEM workforce growth, and education. NOIRLab empowers astronomers to tackle the most pressing questions in astrophysics today and opens up new discovery space for the future.