Science Announcements


November Fast Turnaround Call for Both Gemini North and South

19 November 2020

Gemini South started accepting Fast Turnaround (FT) proposals! We are also offering the visiting instruments (IGRINS and Zorro) at GS for FT. The next

US NGO Develops New Products for All Gemini Users

19 November 2020

Github: The US NGO is developing data reduction tutorials for the Gemini DRAGONS and IRAF packages. The new github repository for DRAGONS contains Jupyter

November 2020 Call for Proposals

2 November 2020

Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. Here, we give information specific to this proposal cycle. Please see

GMOS-S started operating in queue mode

28 October 2020

As Gemini South resumed nighttime operation, GMOS-S was checked out during last weekend and started operating in queue mode. To be noted is that

GOGREEN at Astro Data Lab: A Pilot project to host Gemini-LLP data products at NOIRLab’s CSDC

18 October 2020

NOIRLab’s Community Science and Data Center (CSDC) and Gemini Observatory have carried out a pilot project to host reduced and high-level data products generated

News from Astro Data Lab

18 October 2020

Exciting developments have taken place at the Astro Data Lab science platform over the last few months. New spectroscopic capabilities. We have begun serving

Restart of Limited NOIRLab Operations at Kitt Peak, Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo

18 October 2020

Limited science operations are being re-established at Kitt Peak, Cerro Tololo, Gemini South, and SOAR facilities following the suspension of activities in March as

The Return of NEWFIRM to CTIO!

18 October 2020

NEWFIRM, a wide-field near-IR imager, was a facility instrument on the Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak from 2006-2010 and 2012-2016, and at the