Science Announcements
Gemini North Shutdown Complete
13 February 2013
The Gemini North telescope completed a successful maintenance shutdown that began on January 22, returning to science on the night of February 2. During
Users’ Committee for Gemini
13 February 2013
The first report from the Users’ Committee for Gemini (UCG) is now posted , along with the Gemini response. One common theme of
"Big" Winner of Australian Student Imaging Contest
13 February 2013
Australian high school senior Ryan Soares won the most recent Australian Gemini Schools Imaging Contest with a large mosaic image of NGC 7232 and
Surprises from Infrared Supernova Spectroscopy
13 February 2013
The supernova SN2011fe in M101 continues to develop as an exemplar of Type Ia supernovae, and it still holds surprises. The latest is the detection
Users' Committee report and response posted
11 February 2013
The report from the first regular meeting of the Users' Committee for Gemini (UCG) is now posted, along with the response from the
Latest GeMS/GSAOI commissioning and SV run completed
3 February 2013
The latest commissioning and system verification (SV) run for the Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS) with the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI)