Science Announcements
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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