Science Announcements


Gemini Fast Turnaround: Sept 2022

12 September 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 30

Flamingos 2 MOS Available

12 September 2022

The new Flamingos 2 multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) mode is available via FT and DD proposal routes throughout 22B and will be available via the

2022 Gemini Science Meeting: Resources for the Community

12 September 2022

The Gemini Observatory Directorate wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s hybrid Gemini Science Meeting conference in Seoul, Korea

Users Committee of Gemini Invites Feedback

12 September 2022

The Users Committee of Gemini Observatory (UCG) would like to hear from you! The UCG provides feedback to the observatory on all matters that

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