The Gemini observing databases will be offline for several hours on Wednesday June 4 while we perform quarterly software updates. During this time Observing Tool access and file transfers will be unavailable and web report forms will be offline. The new 2014B Observing Tool will be available on Thursday June 5 and will be required to access the observing databases. Please check this site for further announcements.
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for about an hour for operating system maintanence during the morning of April 16 at each site. During this period you will not be able to sync or access file attachments with the Observing Tool (OT). OTs will reconnect with the ODBs as soon as they are back online.
An updated to the 2014A Observing Tool (2014A.1.2.10) has been released and is available from the downloads site. This is an optional but recommended update. This version fixes several bugs and improves performance and stability, especially when working with large programs and multiple science program editors. Be sure to sync local changes or save programs to XML before updating. You will have to reenter authentication keys.
The Gemini observing databases will be offline for ~1 hour on Tuesday March 4 while we perform quarterly software updates. During this time Observing Tool access and file transfers will be unavailable, and web report forms will be offline. An updated 2014A Observing Tool will be available on Wednesday March 5. This will be an optional update, recommended for users who have large programs or who work with multiple programs simultaneously. Please check this site for further announcements.
The 2014B Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released. This version must be used to generate and submit any proposal for telescope time related to the 2014B call for proposals.
The 2014A-SV PIT must continue to be used for 2014A Director's time and Poor Weather proposals.
The call for Early Science programs using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is now open, with full information posted at http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/instruments/gpi/gpi-early-science/call-proposals. Proposals for shared-risk observations are due February 28, for execution in April.