Science Announcements


Many Endorse System Roadmap Committee Statement on Implementation of NSF Portfolio Review Report

30 November 2012

Nearly a thousand community members have endorsed the statement issued by the Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (SRC) on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee

CTIO’s 50th Anniversary Conference on “Fifty Years of Wide Field Studies in the Southern Hemisphere”

30 November 2012

The advent of wide-field CCD cameras on 4-m class telescopes, which enabled surveys of the sky to significant depths, has led to new perspectives

System Development Workshop on “Spectroscopy in the Era of LSST”

30 November 2012

Spectroscopic follow-up observations of LSST discoveries will play an important, often critical, role in fulfilling the scientific promise of LSST. To prepare for science

GeMS/GSAOI programs selected for SV observations in 2012B

28 November 2012

The list of accepted programs for GeMS/GSAOI System Verification observations is now available. The deadline for Phase II submission is November 6, 2012.

System Roadmap Committee Statement on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review: Your Endorsement Sought

31 October 2012

The Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (SRC) has issued a statement on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee (PRC) report. The statement, based on the 

Report from the October 2012 STAC meeting

16 October 2012

Report from the October 2012 STAC meeting (PDF) is available here.

Gemini e-Newscast #41

27 September 2012

Sep 28, 2012 Sharpest-ever ground-based optical images of Pluto and Charon Using speckle imaging techniques and their own camera, the Differential Spectral Survey Instrument

Updated 2012B Observing Tool released

30 August 2012

A new version of the Gemini Observing Tool (2012B.3.1.1) is now available for download or via updating an existing installation of the OT. This