Science Operations
General Announcements
Science Operations Announcements
Observing With Gemini
- Call for Proposals
- Most recent calls for proposals 2011A | 2010B
- Observing Modes
- Links to information regarding queue, target of opportunity, classical, director's discretionary, and poor weather observing time.
- Phase I
- Overview of the proposal process and links to the Gemini Phase I Tool (PIT)
- Phase II
- For principal investigators with accepted programs. Instructions and tutorials for defining observations with the Observing Tool (OT)
- Target of Opportunity
- North and South ToO configuration pages.
Visiting Gemini
- Visitor's Guides
- Instructions for visitors to Gemini North and Gemini South
- Feedback Forms
- For classical and queue observers
Instruments
- Current Gemini Instruments
- Gemini North: Altair | GMOS-North | GNIRS | Michelle | NIFS | NIRI
- Gemini South: FLAMINGOS-2 | GMOS-South | NICI | Phoenix | T-ReCS
- Integration Time Calculators
- Calculate exposure times for Gemini instruments
- Future Instrumentation at Gemini
- Description of current instrument development and processes used to plan new instruments
Telescopes and Sites
- Weather
- Weather conditions at Gemini North and South
- Observing Condition Constraints
- Guidelines on Image Quality (IQ), Cloud Cover (CC), Water Vapor (WV), and Sky Background (SB)
Schedules
- Semester Schedules
- Current semester schedules for GN and GS
- Queue Summary
- Status of the queue for the current semester
- Classical Schedules
- Current semester schedules for classical observers and programs
- NGO Schedules
- Current semester scheduled for NGO visitors
Data and Results
- Gemini Science Archive
- Hosted by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- Gemini IRAF Packages
- Updates on current IRAF packages, important announcements, and downloads
- Gemini Publications
- Science publications written by Gemini users and staff.
- Science Operations Statistics
- Completion rates for queue programs, open shutter efficiency, weather losses and other statistics related to operations at both telescopes
Helpdesk
The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation on behalf of the Gemini partnership. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.