Science Announcements


“Green-bean galaxies”

4 December 2012

Add yet another group to the world of galaxies: the “green beans.” These are a rare class of galaxies that appear green because of

Progress on FLAMINGOS-2

4 December 2012

Work on FLAMINGOS-2 at Cerro Pachón continues. The replacement collimator lens has been installed and the multi-object spectrograph dewar cooled down. Other recent progress

A young solar system in the making

4 December 2012

An article in the latest edition of the journal Nature on the dusty disk around the protostar L1527 was, according to PI John Tobin

Observing databases offline Dec 5

3 December 2012

The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday December 5 while we perform quarterly software updates at both the South

Gemini North Observing database offline December 3

2 December 2012

The Gemini North observing database will be offline from approximately 10am - 2pm HST on Monday December 3 while we perform hardware upgrades. During

Gemini North Observing Database online

2 December 2012

The Gemini North hardware work has finished and the Observing Database is now back online. Please submit a Help Desk ticket if you encounter

Many Endorse System Roadmap Committee Statement on Implementation of NSF Portfolio Review Report

30 November 2012

Nearly a thousand community members have endorsed the statement issued by the Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (SRC) on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee

CTIO’s 50th Anniversary Conference on “Fifty Years of Wide Field Studies in the Southern Hemisphere”

30 November 2012

The advent of wide-field CCD cameras on 4-m class telescopes, which enabled surveys of the sky to significant depths, has led to new perspectives