The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday, June 4 while we perform software updates.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
The new 2025B Observing Tool will be available after the update and will be required to access the observing databases.
The Gemini South Telescope Shutdown has been moved up to July 7 - Aug 1 to accomodate TAC allocated programs in early Aug. Additionally, due to inclement weather in May and April, we have added an extra GeMS/GSAOI run June 9 - 15. The 25A semester schedule has been updated accordingly.
DRAGONS v4.0.0 with new support for near-infrared spectroscopy is now available. This specific release includes support for GNIRS longslit. Upcoming releases, later this year, will add support for GNIRS cross-dispersed and Flamingos 2 longslit. The new support for GNIRS includes non-thermal and thermal bands, and full calibration including wavelength calibration using sky features and telluric correction. To get the software and for more information, i
The 2025A Gemini Observing Tool is now available for download.
This version is required to access the Gemini Observing Databases.
Please see the download and installation instructions on the Observing Tool web page which also includes the release notes for this version.
If, after updating, you don't see your program in the OT program list please try removing and re-adding your key.
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Thursday, December 5 while we perform software updates.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
The new 2025A Observing Tool will be available after the update and will be required to access the observing databases.
An updated version of the 2024B Observing Tool (2024.1.1.3) is available for download that fixes an issue resolving new targets with SIMBAD. This update is optional.
The Gemini North observing database will be offline for several hours on Tuesday, August 20 Wednesday, August 21 while we perform hardware maintenance.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
Please refresh this page for updates:
The Gemini South observing database will be offline on Wednesday, July 31 for maintenance.
During this time Observing Tool synchronizations and file transfers will not be possible.
Please check this site for further announcements.
The 2024B Gemini Observing Tool is now available for download. This update is required to access the Gemini Observing Databases.
The Installation Instructions are linked on the Observing Tool web page, and we recommend that everyone download their programs from the databases rather than import from saved XMLs.
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Tuesday, June 4 while we perform software updates.
During this time the following services will be unavailable:
The new 2024B Observing Tool will be available after the update and will be required to access the observing databases.