Science Announcements


Join the MAROON-X ʻOhana (Family)

24 September 2020

The latest MAROON-X run has just concluded, and was extremely successful both in terms of weather, and ease of observations.  Our preferred method of

September Fast Turnaround Call for Gemini North

24 September 2020

Gemini is keeping our user community busy every month! We are currently accepting Fast Turnaround (FT) proposals for Gemini North, and the next deadline

2021A Call for Proposals

24 September 2020

Gemini Observatory invites our community to propose scientific investigations for the 2021A semester, 1 February 2021 – 31 July 2021. Proposal submission deadlines for

Gemini South to Restart Operations

24 September 2020

Gemini South and the other NOIRLab facilities in Chile have been closed since mid-March 2020 because of the continued pandemic and local restrictions. Based

GPI major updates

24 September 2020

GPI is not available in semester 20B or later due to being removed from science operations for the GPI 2.0 upgrade and move to

F2 off the telescope for pending cold heads work

24 September 2020

After the COVID-19 telescope shutdown, F2 will continue off the telescope until further notice, due to pending work on the instrument cold heads.

AAS 237 Special Session Announcement: Astro Data Lab and the NOIRLab Open-Data Ecosystem—Invitation to Participate and Submit Posters

18 September 2020

NOIRLab is excited to host a Special Session on The Data Lab Science Platform and Open-Data Ecosystem at NSF’s NOIRLab at the 237th Meeting

Kitt Peak Begins COVID-19 Restart Plan; Chile Restart to Begin Soon

18 September 2020

A week ago, on 14 September 2020, Kitt Peak National Observatory officially began Phase 1.0 of its COVID-19 restart plan, with a ramp up