Current and Future Facility Instruments at the Gemini Observatory
Douglas A. Simons, Joseph B. Jensen, Peter Gray, Manuel Lazo, Rolando Rogers, John White
Gemini Observatory, Northern Operations Center, 670 A'ohoku Place, Hilo HI 96720
ABSTRACT
Gemini’s instrument program, which has existed for about a decade, has recently produced enough instruments to fully
populate all of the instrument ports on both Gemini-N and Gemini-S. These delivered instruments, as well as those
currently under construction and due to be delivered in the next ~2 years, are described in this report. We also summarize
the bold new directions Gemini’s development program will go in the next 5-10 years, as our Community embarks upon
a new science mission to answer some of the most fundamental questions in astronomy. Keywords: Instrumentation, optical, infrared, detectors, cryogenic
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