Science Announcements

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.