Science Announcements
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Observing databases offline Dec 5
3 December 2012
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday December 5 while we perform quarterly software updates at both the South
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Gemini North Observing database offline December 3
2 December 2012
The Gemini North observing database will be offline from approximately 10am - 2pm HST on Monday December 3 while we perform hardware upgrades. During
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Gemini North Observing Database online
2 December 2012
The Gemini North hardware work has finished and the Observing Database is now back online. Please submit a Help Desk ticket if you encounter
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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
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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
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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