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13 June 2008
New public release of Observing Tool: the 2008B OT has been made available.  See the 2008B OT release notes for the detailed changes from the previous version. Users with personal OT installations can update using the OT update feature. Distribution files are also available from the software site.

11 March 2008
Updated 2008A Observing Tool: an update to the 2008A "tábano" OT has been made available.  This version fixes some bugs that are related mostly to Gemini operations. The update is optional for most users except for program that need to use elevation constraints. See the Tábano release notes for the detailed changes from the previous version. Users with personal OT installations can update using the new OT update feature. 

12 December 2007
New public release of Observing Tool: the "tábano" version has been made public. See the Tábano release notes for changes from the previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2008A, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

17 June 2007
Updated 2007B Observing Tool: an update to the 2007B "vinchuca" OT has been made available.  This version fixes a few bugs and updated the Phase 2 checking rules. See the Vinchuca release notes for the detailed changes from the previous version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2007B, is available on the Phase II Instructions page. Users with personal OT installations can update using the new OT update feature. 

8 June 2007
New public release of Observing Tool: "vinchuca" version made public. See the Vinchuca release notes for changes from the previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2007B, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

12 December 2006
New public release of Observing Tool: "avispa" version made public. See the Avispa release notes for changes from previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2007A, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

30 June 2006
Abeja 3.5 bug fix release:  Abeja 3.5 released with fixes to problems found in the GNIRS static component and GMOS-S IFU nod & shuffle field visualization in the Position Editor.  All GNIRS or GMOS-S N&S IFU PIs should use this version.

15 June 2006
New public release of Observing Tool: "abeja" version made public. See the Abeja release notes for changes from previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2006B, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

13 December 2005
New public release of Observing Tool: "pulga" version made public. See the Pulga release notes for changes from previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2006A, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

15 June 2005
New public release of Observing Tool: "palote" version made public. See the Palote release notes for changes from previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2005B, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

9 December 2004
New public release of Observing Tool: "grillo" version made public. See the Grillo release notes for changes from previous public version. A summary of the OT changes, and Phase II protocols modified for 2005A, is available on the Phase II Instructions page.

18 June 2004
New public release of Observing Tool: "cherry" version made public. See the Cherry release notes for changes from previous public version. 

3 January 2003
New public release of Observing Tool: "river" version made public. See the River release notes for changes from previous public version. 

10 July 2002
New public release of Observing Tool: "limberlost" version made public. See the Limberlost release notes for changes from previous public version. 

6 January 2002
First 2002A Phase II deadline postponed: due to a problem with the conversion of Phase I (proposals) to the Phase II XML skeletons, rendering the initial distribution of skeletons more or less unusable, the first deadline for return of completed Phase II details has been changed from 17 January to 22 January. See the 2002A special instructions for more details.

19 October 2001
New release of OT with additional features: the 2002A release of the Observing Tool includes:

3 May 2001
First public release of the OT: version 1.0.0 to support NIRI observations

30 March 2001
First (pre-release) of the 2001A OT: first official release of OT to National Gemini Office staff for training and testing purposes.

 

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Last update June 2, 2008: Bryan Miller