GMOS Instrument Update

Both of Gemini’s visual workhorse imager/spectrometers have had issues with detector noise and other features in the past month. The issues are more impactful for GMOS-S, while GMOS-N has a few bad columns on one readout channel. Each instrument’s status is detailed on the Gemini Announcements pages as well as on the GMOS Announcements at http://www.gemini.edu/news/instrument-announcements/gmos. The latest announcement at the point of publication is given below, but please visit the announcements page as the situation is updated frequently. 

GMOS-S: https://www.gemini.edu/news/instrument-announcements/update-gmos-s-status

GMOS-N: https://www.gemini.edu/news/instrument-announcements/gmos-n-status-update