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Gemini Transition Plan Available 3 Sep 2010 at 2:31pm  Planning for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Gemini partnership at the end of 2012, the Gemini Observatory has worked with the Gemini Board to develop a transition plan for operations and maintenance with a reduced budget in the future. The plan is now available at the AURA website Read more... 2011A call for proposals announced 28 Aug 2010 at 2:37pm  Gemini is now accepting proposals for observing time in Semester 2011A. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2010. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions. Read more... 2011A PIT released 26 Aug 2010 at 11:42am  The Phase I Tool (PIT) for semester 2011A observing proposals has been released. This should also be used for poor weather and director's time proposals during the remainder of semester 2010B. Read more... GN Observing Database offline for maintenance 17 Aug 2010 at 12:42pm  The Gemini North Observing Database will be offline on August 17 from 09:00 - 14:00 HST (19:00 - 24:00 UT) for emergency maintenance. Read more... Mac support for 2011A PIT with Java 6 17 Aug 2010 at 10:56am  As announced previously, the Gemini software tools are being updated to use the currently supported version of Java (Java 6). The Phase I Tool (PIT) will use Java 6 starting with the 2011A version to be released on September 1, 2010. This change will be transparent to most users. However, the new PIT will not run on PowerPC Macintosh computers since Apple does not provide Java 6 for these machines. read more Read more... White Papers Solicited for High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy 15 Jul 2010 at 1:30pm  July 2010 Introduction Instrument Support Structure - Gemini South. read more Read more... 2010B Programs and Schedule Announced 9 Jun 2010 at 3:18pm  The Gemini 2010B observing programs have now been announced. Successful PIs will have received email notification. Please check the schedules page for more information. Read more... 2010B OT released 9 Jun 2010 at 1:40pm  The 2010B Observing Tool (OT) is now available. This version is needed for 2010B Phase II preparation as well as for fetch/store of any programs in the observing databases. Read more... Observing database offline for 2010B update 28 May 2010 at 4:45pm  The Gemini Observatory observing database will be offline on Tuesday June 8 while upgrades are performed in preparation for the start of the 2010B semester. Affected applications include the Observing Tool (OT) and the web report forms. The new 2010B OT should be available on Wednesday June 9 and will be required for all subsequent fetch/store operations. Please check this site for further announcements. Read more... June 2010 GeminiFocus - Special 10th Anniversary Issue 28 May 2010 at 2:17pm  li {list-style-position: inside;}; The June 2010 issue of GeminiFocus is now available electronically (downloadable as a PDF). read more Read more...

Gemini Observatory Resources

Gemini Observatory The Gemini Observatory consists of twin 8-meter optical/infrared telescopes located on two of the best sites on our planet for observing the universe. Together these telescopes can access the entire sky. Gemini Image Gallery Contains a number of new and recent photos taken by the observatory, along with pictures of the telescopes themselves, video and animations and free desktop wallpaper.