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GeMs is the Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System. This facility instrument delivers a uniform, diffraction limited image quality at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths over an extended FoV of more than 1 arcmin across. This corrected beam then feeds the new generation of science instruments: GSAOI or Flamingos 2.

The Instrument Scientist for GeMS is Gaetano Sivo. Gemini science staff who also support GeMS are Eduardo Marin and Gianluca Lombardi.

Announcements

See the GeMS News pages for the latest news about GeMS. For more details about Gemini's AO program in general, you can also consult the adaptive optics pages.

How to Use These Pages

MCAO in a nutshell: Basic introduction to Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
Introduction to GeMs: A description of all GeMS subsystems and how they work together
Performance: Estimated, and measured performance for different modes. Limiting magnitudes.
Status and Availability: Modes available in the current and upcoming semesters
How to find the best NGS Asterism
Restrictions due to the LGS
Acquisition and Overheads: Details of observing overheads
Observation Preparation: Tips and tricks on how to efficiently prepare your observation
Other Useful Documents and videos

Gemini Observatory Participants

Gemini's mission is to advance our knowledge of the Universe by providing the international Gemini Community with forefront access to the entire sky.

The Gemini Observatory is an international collaboration with two identical 8-meter telescopes. The Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope is located on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i (Gemini North) and the other telescope on Cerro Pachón in central Chile (Gemini South); together the twin telescopes provide full coverage over both hemispheres of the sky. The telescopes incorporate technologies that allow large, relatively thin mirrors, under active control, to collect and focus both visible and infrared radiation from space.

The Gemini Observatory provides the astronomical communities in five participant countries with state-of-the-art astronomical facilities that allocate observing time in proportion to each country's contribution. In addition to financial support, each country also contributes significant scientific and technical resources. The national research agencies that form the Gemini partnership include: the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Canadian National Research Council (NRC), the Chilean Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), the Brazilian Ministério da Ciência, the Argentinean Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Tecnologia e Inovação and the Korea Astronomy and Space Institute (KASI). The observatory is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the NSF. The NSF also serves as the executive agency for the international partnership.

Last Modified: June 18, 2018, rcarrasco

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