Science Announcements


Gemini e-Newscast #35 -- December 21, 2011

20 December 2011

1. Record-Breaking Black Holes Nicholas McConnell (University of California at Berkeley) and collaborators have measured the most massive black holes in the cosmic neighborhood

2012A Programs and Schedule Announced

15 December 2011

The Gemini 2012A observing programs have now been announced. Successful PIs will have received email notification. Please check the schedules page for more information.

Updated 2012A OT available

14 December 2011

An updated version of the 2012A OT (2012A.1.1.2) is available for download or via the OT update feature. The update is optional but

Observing databases offline November 30

1 December 2011

The Gemini Observatory observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday November 30 while we perform quarterly software updates. Affected applications include

Observing databases online and 2012A OT available

30 November 2011

The Gemini observing databases are back online after the quarterly software update, and the latest version of the Gemini Observing Tool (2012A.1.1.1) is now

Strong Response to System Roadmap Survey

30 November 2011

More than 1100 members of the astronomical community responded to the System Roadmap Survey by the 2 December deadline. As described in the last issue

Design Studies for the Gemini High-resolution Optical Spectrograph

15 November 2011

Gemini is pleased to announce the start of the Conceptual Design process for the Gemini High-resolution Optical Spectrograph (GHOS) - a proposed next-generation instrument

Gemini e-Newscast #34 -- November 14, 2011

13 November 2011

1. Celebrating 1000 Gemini papers The one-thousandth scientific paper based on Gemini data has been published. The result was the discovery of new diffuse