Science Announcements


2022B Gemini Call for Proposals

29 March 2022

Two virtual workshops describing the important changes in the 2022B call for proposals — support for the Astronomical Event Observatory Network (AEON), dual-anonymous review

GMOS Instrument Update

29 March 2022

Both of Gemini’s visual workhorse imager/spectrometers have had issues with detector noise and other features in the past month. The issues are more impactful

GMOS Data Reduction Cookbook

29 March 2022

The US National Gemini Office (US NGO) has released Version 2.0 of the GMOS Data Reduction Cookbook and posted it to the US NGO 

GMOS Photometry and Flat-Fielding

29 March 2022

A dedicated webpage describing the effects of the different CCD quantum efficiencies in the GMOS detector arrays on photometry and flat-fielding has been added

Seeking nominations for the Users Committee for Gemini (UCG)

29 March 2022

Gemini is seeking self-nominations from astronomers from Argentina, Brazil, and Canada to serve on its Users' Committee. The Committee reports to the Observatory

Rubin-Euclid Derived Data Products (DDP) — Initial Recommendations

25 February 2022

The report by the Rubin-Euclid Derived Data Products (DDP) Working Group on behalf of the DDP community is now available. The report

An Invitation to Serve on the Inaugural MSO Users’ Committee

25 February 2022

By Lori Allen NOIRLab's Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO) invite interested users of MSO facilities to serve on the inaugural MSO Users' Committee. The committee is

Blanco f/8 Instrumentation: NEWFIRM and COSMOS

25 February 2022

By Sean Points, Alistair Walker, and Steve Heathcote NEWFIRM, a wide-field near-IR Imager, was a facility instrument on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter