FLAMINGOS-2 is a Near-Infrared wide field imager and multi-object spectrometer for use on Gemini-South. It is currently under construction at the University of Florida Astronomy Department. The current estimate for delivery of FLAMINGOS-2 to Gemini is the second half of 2008. There will be a period of characterisation and commissioning following delivery before it will be available for scientific use. We expect that there will be a sizable time allocation for system verification and demo science in semesters 2008B and 2009A. Details will be posted towards the end of instrument commissioning. The first general public call for scientific observations is expected in March 2009, for observations in semester 2009B.

FLAMINGOS-2 will provide Near Infrared (0.95-2.4 micron) imaging capabilities over a 6'.1 diameter circular field, and multi-object NIR spectroscopy at resolutions R = 1200-3000 for objects within a 2'x6' quasi-rectangular field. FLAMINGOS-2 will also also work in conjunction with the facility multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) system to provide imaging and MOS spectroscopy of the 2' MCAO corrected field. A dual-etalon tunable filter system has also been proposed and is being developed to offer tunable narrow-band imaging capabilites for FLAMINGOS-2 with the MCAO system.

The current web pages present an overview of FLAMINGOS-2's expected capabilities in order to support long-range planning in the observing community. Further information will be added after FLAMINGOS-2's actual performance is measured during acceptance testing and commissioning.

The Instrument Scientist for FLAMINGOS-2 is Percy Gomez.