Science Announcements

Participate In Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Data Preview 0.2
11 April 2022
Phase 2 of Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Data Preview 0, DP0.2, begins on 30 June 2022. Up to 300 new participants will be

Gemini Fast Turnaround March 2022
29 March 2022
Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 (noon) Hawai‘i Standard Time on 31

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