Science Announcements
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Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown Completed
12 September 2022
From 1 to 25 August 2022 Gemini South was shut down for maintenance. The original plan was to carry out Acquisition and Guiding System
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Gemini Fast Turnaround August 2022 Call for Proposals
10 August 2022
Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program for the August cycle. Apply by 12:00 noon Hawai‘i Standard Time
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Observatories at Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachon in Chile closed due to snow
21 July 2022
Access to both Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón in Chile was suspended this past week due to an unusually powerful Chilean winter snow storm.
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Black Holes at All Scales — Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
21 July 2022
Registration is open for Black Holes at All Scales! This will be the 8th annual Community Science Meeting hosted by the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
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Announcing LSST@Europe4
21 July 2022
The LSST@Europe4 conference will take place in Rome at the historic Accademia dei Lincei on 24-29 October 2022 and will be conducted in hybrid mode to enable access to remote participants.
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SOAR Wavefront-Sensing Guider First Light
21 July 2022
The SOAR guiders are a critical subsystem for the telescope and its instruments, since they control both the telescope mount and the tip-tilt tertiary, ensuring optimal image quality.