Gemini North Primary Mirror Status
For updates on the status of the Gemini North primary mirror, please visit this page.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Measures at NOIRLab
We are currently only hosting public visitors at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Given the continuously evolving nature of the pandemic, we currently do not have a reopening date for our other summit sites or base facilities. When these dates are available we will share them on our website and social media. The timeline may be different for each site.
Gemini Mirror Status: 16 March 2023
14 March 2023
An update from the Gemini Observatory Director, Jen Lotz, on the status of the Gemini North primary mirror. I am very pleased to report that the glass surrounding the chipped region of the Gemini North primary mirror is now repaired! Despite challenging…
US NGO at the AAS #241 Meeting
14 March 2023
The US National Gemini Office, at the Community Science and Data Center/NSF's NOIRLab, hosted a Splinter Session at the 241st AAS Meeting in Seattle. The meeting was part of a planned series in which scientists show their results based on Gemini…
Gemini Observatory Invites its Community to Propose Scientific Investigations for the 2023B Semester, 1 August 2023 - 31 January 2024
8 March 2023
The 2023B Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals has been released. Proposals are being accepted for observations from 1 August 2023 - 31 January 2024. Gemini North and Gemini South are expected to have 162 and 141 nights available for science, respectively…
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.