The Gemini Observing Databases will be offline for several hours at each site while we perform software updates:
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
This patch release includes several small fixes and improvements, many related to the Quality Assessment Pipeline run internally at Gemini. Provenance for flux calibration is now included. The patch is recommended to all but not critical for most.
For a complete list of changes since v3.0.3 see:
https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/v3.0.4/changes.html
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 the Gemini South observing database will be offline for data center maintenance from approximately 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Chilean daylight time.
During this time Observing Tool synchronizations and file transfers for Gemini South programs will not be available.
Please check this site for further announcements.
On Tuesday September 13 the Gemini North observing database will be offline for hardware maintenance from approximately 10am - 11am HST.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
Please check this site for further announcements.
Gemini is now accepting proposals for observing time in Semester 2023A. The submission deadline varies with participant. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions.
Following some collaboration with the "IRAF Community" project earlier this year, we are pleased to make available PyRAF 2.2.1, the first version to pass all our testing on Python 3. This runs roughly as fast as the Python 2 version, thanks to improvements by Ole Streicher.
This version is already included on the new IRAF VM for Apple machines (see yesterday's announcement). On Linux, it can be installed by specifying "python=3.7" instead of "python=2.7" in the "conda create" command -- see:
A new virtual machine implementation for running IRAF on MacOS 10.14+ is now available. You can find updated instructions at:
A new virtual machine implementation for running IRAF on MacOS 10.14+ is now available. You can find updated instructions at:
Following some collaboration with the "IRAF Community" project earlier this year, we are pleased to make available PyRAF 2.2.1, the first version to pass all our testing on Python 3. This runs roughly as fast as the Python 2 version, thanks to improvements by Ole Streicher.
This version is already included on the new IRAF VM for Apple machines (see yesterday's announcement). On Linux, it can be installed by specifying "python=3.7" instead of "python=2.7" in the "conda create" command -- see:
Gemini South telescope has resumed nighttime operations, after having remained closed due to bad winter weather. Only IGRINS and Zorro are available, and the scheduled telescope shutdown will start next Monday, August 01.