Science Announcements
New IFUs for GNIRS!
12 September 2022
The Low-Resolution (natural seeing) integral field unit (LR-IFU) for GNIRS had its first light on 6 July 2022. The first functionality and requirements testing
GemVM to support Gemini IRAF on the Mac M1
12 September 2022
A new virtual machine implementation for running IRAF on MacOS 10.14+ is now available. You can find updated instructions here. This should provide
Pyraf for Python 3
12 September 2022
Following some collaboration with the IRAF Community project earlier this year, we are pleased to make available PyRAF 2.2.1, the first version to pass
Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown Completed
12 September 2022
From 1 to 25 August 2022 Gemini South was shut down for maintenance. The original plan was to carry out Acquisition and Guiding System
Gemini Fast Turnaround August 2022 Call for Proposals
10 August 2022
Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program for the August cycle. Apply by 12:00 noon Hawai‘i Standard Time
Observatories at Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachon in Chile closed due to snow
21 July 2022
Access to both Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón in Chile was suspended this past week due to an unusually powerful Chilean winter snow storm.