Science Announcements
Observing databases offline June 4
29 May 2014
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday June 4 while we perform quarterly software updates. During this time Observing
FLAMINGOS-2 Back on the Sky at Gemini South
20 May 2014
FLAMINGOS-2 is back on the Gemini South telescope. After remediation work in April and May, the final laboratory tests showed improved image quality, now
Direct Imaging of an Unusual Exoplanet
20 May 2014
Marie-Ève Naud (Université de Montréal, Canada) and collaborators report the discovery of a planetary-mass companion of GU Psc, separated by 42 arcseconds (equivalent to
GPI Early Science Observations
20 May 2014
Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) Early Science observations were conducted in April. Thirteen of the sixteen approved programs were completed, with partial data obtained for
Complex Outflow Structure of UY Aur
20 May 2014
Jets and outflows are ubiquitous in single young stars, a regular feature of their formation process, but only a few examples in binary systems