Due to a general power outage affecting Cerro Pachon last night, all equipments on CPO are out of service, including the datacenter. Due to this the ODB is not available until further notice.
Engineering staff are working with NOAO operations to gain access to the summit and restore power as soon as possible.
Due to recent internet connectivity issues impacting Gemini external webservers, we have extended the Fast Turnaround proposal deadline this month to June 2 23:59 Hawaiian Standard Time
Gemini is currently experiencing internet connectivity issues. For external parties, side effects of this networking issue have been the inability to connect with various Gemini web-based services including our public website and web services. We continue to investigate and troubleshoot the issue.
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday May 30 while we perform software updates.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
The new 2018B Observing Tool should be available on Thursday May 31 and will be required to access the observing databases.
Please check this site for further announcements.
A brief update on the status of Gemini North after Friday's earthquakes. The telescope, instruments, and enclosure were carefully inspected by the day-crew who were at the summit when both earthquakes hit. As of today, all systems have checked out with no reported damage, and we successfully opened and observed on-sky Friday night and over the weekend from the Hilo Base Facility. We continue to closely monitor the on-going Kilauea volcanic activity and seismic tremors.
The Gemini North Observing Database is offline due to a power outage on the summit of Mauna Kea and the following services are unavailable:
Please check this site for further announcements.
Gemini is now accepting proposals for observing time in Semester 2018B. The submission deadline varies with participant. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions.
In preparation for the start of 2018A all Director's Discretionary (DD) time and Poor Weather (PW) proposals must now use the 2018A Phase I Tool (PIT). Please see the PIT Version Table for more information and download links.
The Gemini 2018A observing programs have now been announced. Notification emails to successful PIs were sent today, December 15 2017. Please check the schedules page for more information. Note that the new Observing Tool must be used to access and update 18A programs.
The Gemini North observing database will be offline on Tuesday December 5 from 10am - noon (HST) for hardware maintenance.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
Please check this site for further announcements.