Science Announcements


2011B PIT released

27 February 2011

The Phase I Tool (PIT) for semester 2011B observing proposals has been released. Poor weather and director's time proposals during the remainder of semester

2011B call for proposals announced

27 February 2011

Gemini is now accepting proposals for observing time in Semester 2011B. The proposal deadline is March 31, 2011. A new version of the Phase

Gemini South 2011A Science Operations

27 January 2011

Last week Gemini passed a major milestone with the beginning of on-sky engineering testing of the Gemini South 50-watt laser.  This event marks

GN observing database downtime on Jan 18

17 January 2011

The Gemini North observing database will be offline for 2-3 hours on Tuesday January 18 for hardware maintenance. It is expected that this work

2011A Programs and Schedule Announced

12 December 2010

The Gemini 2011A observing programs have now been announced. Successful PIs will have received email notification. Please check the schedules page for more information.

GPI Call for Letters of Intent for Campaign Science Proposals Announced

8 December 2010

The Gemini Observatory plans to announce a Call for Proposals for Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) Campaign Science. We now request letters of intent from

2011A Observing Tool Released

1 December 2010

The Gemini 2011A Observing Tool (OT) is now available for download or via updating an existing installation of the OT. This version is required

Mosaic Upgraded and New Spectrographs to Arrive

30 November 2010

In 2009, the NSF awarded NOAO $3M to address the high priority initiatives recommended by the Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research (ReSTAR) committee