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Current Summit Conditions
- Maunakea Weather Center summary
- Gemini-CFHT tower [current] [last 24 hours]
- Maunakea tau data with Gemini WV bands (Gemini Staff access only)
- CSO Tau-meter (historical data only) (tau(225 GHz) = 0.04 * mm(H2O) + 0.017; Dempsey et al. 2013 MNRAS)
- East Asian Observatory (JCMT) weather
- East Asian Observatory 183 GHz tau plot (multiply by ~20 to get H2O mm)
- Subaru SkyMonitor
- CFHT Skyprobe (sky transparency monitor)
- CFHT Seeing
- Vis Webcam (HP)
Live Summit Views
- Gemini-North as seen from CFHT (looking south)
- Gemini Cloud Cameras
- CFHT as seen from Gemini (looking north)
- UKIRT web cam
- Subaru catwalk cameras
- IRTF cameras (W,S,NW,E, Hilo)
- All Cameras on MK
Satellite Images and Weather Radar
- Maunakea Weather Center satellite images
- National Weather Service (NWS) Optical, IR, Water vapor,
- NWS Big Island visible loop (1 km resolution) GIF
- NWS Hawaii IR loop (4 km resolution) GIF
- Weather Radar for Hawaii
Weather Forecasts
Other Handy Links

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 Argentinean Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, the Brazilian Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação and the Chilean Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica (CONICYT). 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: February 12, 2017, tgeballe

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