Science Announcements
FLAMINGOS-2 Commissioning Update
16 May 2013
FLAMINGOS-2 was back on the sky at the end of April. Despite the poor seeing (“bad to very bad” according to Percy Gomez, instrument
A “Shockingly Bright” Gamma-ray Burst
16 May 2013
Antonino Cucchiara (University of California Observatories), Dan Perley (California Institute of Technology), and collaborators used GMOS on Gemini North to obtain a spectrum of
Welcome New Users’ Committee Members
16 May 2013
The Users’ Committee for Gemini (UCG) has been expanded. New members are: Mark Ammons (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Pauline Barmby (University of Western Ontario)
Gemini e-newscast #47
16 May 2013
The Gemini e-newscast #47 (May 17, 2013) features: A “Shockingly Bright” Gamma-ray Burst A Gap in a Pre-Transitional Disk FLAMINGOS-2 Commissioning Update Welcome New
A Gap in a Pre-Transitional Disk
16 May 2013
Planets in the disks around young stars may carve gaps or dynamically affect the disks. These so-called transitional and pre-transitional disks are therefore interesting
AstroDay Hawai‘i
16 May 2013
On May 4th, many Gemini scientists, engineers, support, and outreach staff joined in the educational festivities of AstroDay Hawai‘I 2013. During the day-long event