Science Announcements


Gemini South ODB Offline Aug 6

5 August 2014

The Gemini South Observing Database will be offline for several hours on August 6 for hardware maintenance. During this time Observing Tool synchronizations and

DD and PW proposals require latest 2014B PIT

23 July 2014

Director's Discretionary (DD) time and Poor Weather (PW) proposals must use the latest 2014B PIT, released today. See the PIT Version Table for more

FLAMINGOS-2 on Gemini South

17 July 2014

FLAMINGOS-2 is back on sky after work to repair the dekker wheel. Queue observations of imaging programs have been resumed, guided with the telescope peripheral

Updated PIT for Poor-Weather Proposals

17 July 2014

Please use the latest 2014B Phase I Tool (PIT) when submitting poor-weather proposals - which can be submitted at any time. This will allow

2015 Meeting: Science and Future of Gemini

17 July 2014

The Gemini community and observatory are beginning planning for next year’s triennial science and user meeting. The 2015 international meeting will have a particular

Meet Gemini Observatory’s Instrumentation Team at SPIE

19 June 2014

During the 2014 SPIE Astronomical Telescope + Instrumentation Conference, held at the Palais des Congres de Montreal between the 22nd and 27th

Gemini North Back on the Sky Tonight

18 June 2014

The Gemini North telescope will resume scientific operations tonight after an unscheduled shutdown due to the failure of a dome shutter drive unit. The