General Announcements

Update on Gen 4#3 (OCTOCAM)

December 11th, 2017

On December 11th, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Gemini Observatory appointed Dr. Alexander van der Horst of George Washington University as the Interim Principal Investigator (PI) for Gen 4#3 (referenced as OCTOCAM), a next-generation astronomical instrument designed for the 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile. SwRI is the prime contractor with Gemini for the instrument.

The 2017 Request for Proposals for Instrument Upgrades is now open

July 24th, 2017

The Gemini Observatory consists of two 8-meter telescopes; one located on Maunakea in Hawaii, USA (Gemini North), the other on Cerro Pachón, Chile (Gemini South). The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) is the managing organization of the Gemini Observatory under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Gemini Observatory Participant nations are the United States of America, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. For more information, visit the Gemini Observatory website at www.gemini.edu.

Announcing the Instrument Upgrade Request for Proposal

September 29th, 2016

Gemini is committed to providing our community a continually enhanced instrumentation suite. Gemini’s development program will provide funding to upgrade existing operational instrumentation to create new instrument capabilities at the Gemini North and/or Gemini South telescopes. The Observatory is seeking community-created, science-driven instrumentation upgrade proposals, and will consider any area that fits the set of IUP requirements provide in the RFP.

Tropical Storm Darby

July 22nd, 2016

Tropical Storm Darby will affect the Big Island starting on Friday evening, and will likely continue to impact the Big Island through Sunday. Gemini North will be closed Friday night through Sunday night. The Gemini North datacenter will be offline from Friday at 5pm HST until conditions improve. Web content will be available via the Gemini South mirror.

Gen 4#3 SPIE 2016

June 22nd, 2016
Gemini Development will host an Open House at the Society of Physical and Industrial Engineers (SPIE) on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 12:00 (UTC). Come and learn about our latest developmetns and the Gen 4#3 Request for Proposals. One-on-one meetings are available between 14:00-16:00. Sign up on the day. We look forward to seeing you there!
 

Gemini Announces the Gen 4#3 Request for Proposal

May 10th, 2016

The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), on behalf of Gemini Observatory is soliciting proposals to design, fabricate, assemble, test, deliver, and commission Gemini Observatory's next facility class instrument, Gen 4#3. Gen 4#3 will be a wide-band medium-resolution spectrograph designed to take advantage of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) follow up opportunities.

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