Science Announcements


"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)

Successful Shutdown at Gemini North

3 February 2013

The Gemini North telescope completed a successful maintenance shutdown that began on January 22. As of Saturday night (2/2/13), the telescope is back on

Shorter Gemini North shutdown now

22 January 2013

Freezing over the weekend caused damage to some of the water lines inside the coating chamber and some associated equipment, so the Gemini North

Gemini response to STAC report

21 January 2013

The Gemini Observatory response to the late 2012 STAC report is available .

FLAMINGOS-2 update

17 January 2013

FLAMINGOS-2 (Figure 2) was aligned and assembled in December 2012, and the cool-down of the camera and MOS dewars started on January 4, 2013