A Successful (and Remote!) ‘Alopeke Run

ʻAlopeke, the “resident” visiting speckle imager at Gemini North, had a very successful four-night run in early June. All six science programs got data; the two Band 1 programs were fully completed and the Band 2 and Band 3 programs ended between 85% and 50% complete. The ʻAlopeke Team had just returned from their successful commissioning run with the (twin) Zorro instrument at Gemini South, they operated the instrument remotely from California – using the Remote Control Room at Stanford University, which was set up to enable the GPIES Campaign team to operate GPI remotely.