Science Announcements
BigBOSS Proposal Received and Reviewed
30 November 2010
A year ago, NOAO announced an opportunity for groups in the community to partner with NOAO and the National Science Foundation in developing a
ReSTAR Phase 2 Open Solicitation Process and Developments
30 November 2010
In the previous issue of Currents, we discussed the planning process for the second three-year implementation phase of ReSTAR (Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical
Presentations from “Massive Galaxies Over Cosmic Time 3” Now Available Online
30 November 2010
In November, NOAO hosted the scientific workshop “Massive Galaxies Over Cosmic Time 3: the Role of Gas and Dust”. Generous financial support for the
Delivery of DECam on the Horizon
30 November 2010
The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) is a new 520 megapixel CCD imager being built for the CTIO Blanco 4-m by the Dark Energy Survey
Observing database offline for 2011A update
28 November 2010
The Gemini Observatory observing database will be offline on Wednesday December 1 while upgrades are performed in preparation for the start of the 2011A
Phoenix to be removed in January 2011
24 November 2010
Phoenix has been a visitor instrument on Gemini South since the beginning of science operations in 2002. It has been scientifically productive, with an