Science Announcements

Zorro unavailable
23 April 2021
A failure in the Zorro PC will make the instrument unavailable until May ~5th.

COVID-19 Update
15 April 2021
The upward trend in Hawaii COVID case counts which began in early March and was noted in the last e-Newscast has unfortunately continued, but

Fast Turnaround Proposals
15 April 2021
Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is at 23:59 Hawai‘i Standard Time on 30

Virtual Gemini Science Meeting in August!
15 April 2021
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding the first on-line Gemini Science Meeting this August to bridge the gap to the

DECam: Looking Back, Looking Forward
15 April 2021
To celebrate 10 years of DECam operations, NOIRLab will hold an in-person community workshop in Tucson 12-14 September 2022. The workshop will highlight

Early use of the Rubin Science Platform for Data Preview 0
15 April 2021
The Rubin Observatory’s Data Preview 0 (DP0) will make simulated LSST-like data products available in the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) to up to 300