Science Announcements
New MOS mask design software released
4 June 2013
A new version of the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS) is now available. This version contains significiant changes designed to improve usability
Northern Observing Database offline June 5
3 June 2013
The Gemini North Observing Database will be offline for ~1 hour for hardware maintenance starting at 10am HST. During this time the Observing Tool
Observing databases offline June 4
30 May 2013
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Tuesday June 4 while we perform quarterly software updates at both the South
FLAMINGOS-2 Commissioning Update
16 May 2013
FLAMINGOS-2 was back on the sky at the end of April. Despite the poor seeing (“bad to very bad” according to Percy Gomez, instrument
A “Shockingly Bright” Gamma-ray Burst
16 May 2013
Antonino Cucchiara (University of California Observatories), Dan Perley (California Institute of Technology), and collaborators used GMOS on Gemini North to obtain a spectrum of
Welcome New Users’ Committee Members
16 May 2013
The Users’ Committee for Gemini (UCG) has been expanded. New members are: Mark Ammons (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Pauline Barmby (University of Western Ontario)