Science Announcements
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Gemini Open House at the AAS meeting
17 January 2013
An informal Gemini Open House held at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach, California, stimulated many lively discussions (Figure 3). Plans for
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Congratulations to Gemini scientists
17 January 2013
Gemini scientists Richard McDermid and Bryan Miller share in the (UK) Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award for 2013. They are both part of
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The Orion "Bullets" with GeMS/GSAOI
17 January 2013
December's commissioning run of the Gemini Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS) with the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) was a success, getting an
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Latest GeminiFocus released
17 January 2013
The latest issue of the GeminiFocus newsletter is posted. You should receive the printed table of contents from your National Gemini Office, which
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The December 2012 issue of GeminiFocus is available online
14 January 2013
The December 2012 issue of GeminiFocus is available here.
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Gemini South Observing database offline January 8
2 January 2013
The Gemini South observing database will be offline for several hours (approximately 9am - 1pm Chilean time) on Tuesday January 8 while we perform