Science Announcements


Gemini-North Shutdown Extended

1 December 2022

Update 1 December 2022: The Observatory has progressed significantly on the plan to repair the Gemini North primary mirror and return to night-time operations

Gemini at the January AAS

1 December 2022

The 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 241) will take place from 8 to 12 January 2023 in Seattle, Washington

Gemini Fast Turnaround: November 2022

18 November 2022

Gemini South is accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 (noon) Hawai‘i Standard Time on 30 November 2022

Opportunity to Participate in Las Cumbres Observatory Key Projects: Deadline 1 November 2022

27 October 2022

Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) is seeking letters of intent, due 1 November 2022, for new Key Projects. LCO plans to allocate up

Gemini Fast Turnaround: October 2022

6 October 2022

Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 (noon) Hawai‘i Standard Time on 31

Blanco f/8 Instrumentation: NEWFIRM

20 September 2022

NEWFIRM is a wide-field (28 arcmin) near-IR imager that was a facility instrument on the Mayall telescope at KPNO from 2006 to 2010 and 2012 to 2016 and the Blanco telescope at CTIO from 2010 to 2011.

PypeIt Data Reduction Software Workshop, 25 October 2022

20 September 2022

PypeIt is an open-source Python software package for reducing OIR slit spectroscopy data, which has been applied to a wide range of telescopes and instruments.

The CHARA Array Marks Decadal Milestones

20 September 2022

In 2001 when the Georgia State University Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array was dedicated, its 300-meter telescope baselines provided the highest optical resolution available to astronomers.