Please help us to evaluate and assess the possible futures of GeminiFocus by taking our short online survey. The December 2009

The December 2009 issue of GeminiFocus is now available electronically (downloadable as a PDF). Gemini encourages readers to access the publication electronically

The Gemini 2010A observing programs have now been announced. Successful PIs will have received email notification. Please check the 2010A schedules page for more

The 2010A Observing Tool (OT) is now available. This version is needed for 2010A Phase II preparation as well as for fetch/store of any

Gemini is updating the Observing Tool (OT) and the observing databases (ODBs) in preparation for the 2010A semester. As a result, the ODBs are

Figure 1. This illustration (presented during the 1995 SPIE conference on astronomical instrumentation) is an early view of the planned Gemini cassegrain instrument cluster

By Doug Simons Perhaps the only thing predictable about nature is its unpredictability. Of course, many natural events are highly predictable, such as the

For many years the Gemini Observing Tool (OT) and Phase I Tool (PIT) have been using version 1.5 of the Java language. Java 1.5