Gemini 2023B observing programs and schedule have been announced!
Notification emails were sent to successful PIs on June 15, 2023. Please check the schedules page for more information.
Note that the latest version of the Observing Tool is required to access and update 2023B programs.
Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Paredes
GNIRS has been reinstalled on the telescope after the extended shutdown and is ready for science use as of June 6, 2023. All slit spectral modes along with imaging are available. Both the Low Resolution and High Resolution IFUs are now installed and are undergoing commissioning. They will be released for science use at a later date.
We are pleased to present the first GHOST science observations that have been reduced with the GHOST pipeline. We are releasing the spectrum of XX Oph (Be + Red Supergiant; V= 8.59-10.2 mag) as an example to showcase the spectral range, spectral resolution, and overall quality of data that GHOST can provide in standard resolution mode (R=50000; with a total integration time of 240s, and a wavelength range of 347 to 1060nm).
The 2023B Gemini Observing Tool is now available for download.
This version is required to access the Gemini Observing Databases.
The Installation Instructions are linked on the Observing Tool web page, and we recommend that everyone download their programs from the databases rather than import from saved XMLs.
Gemini South is accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. We are not currently accepting proposals for Gemini North. Here, we give information specific to this proposal cycle.
The latest version of DRAGONS was released on 6 April and includes full support for GMOS long-slit data. With this release, DRAGONS offers support for the science quality reduction of data from the GMOS, NIRI, GSAOI, and F2 imagers, as well as the GMOS long-slit spectrograph (including nod-and-shuffle observations). The 3.1 release also includes new data-reduction recipes, tutorials, interactive tools, an improved calibration manager, GSAOI alignment/stacking (replacing disco_stu), improved procedures for bad-pixel masks, and Python 3.10 compatibility.
GHOST has not yet been fully commissioned and information such as sensitivities is pending. For this reason GHOST is not offered as an instrument for regular science in 23B. We expect most modes to be fully commissioned late 23A, and for there to be a special Call for proposals in 23B. We will post an announcement as soon as we have more details on the special call in 23B.
The GHOST data reduction pipeline is part of DRAGONS 3.2. Users are recommended to use the instructions provided in the DRAGONS webpages to install and run the pipeline. A tutorial can be found here.
If you are having issues with your data or data reduction, please contact your program contact scientists, or email ghost_science@noirlab.edu