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2017B Classical Schedule

Semester 2017B

The table below summarises the classically-scheduled programs that have been awarded time on Gemini North and South, as well as programs from the Gemini community awarded Exchange time on Subaru. Jump directly to the schedule for:

Each Gemini program has been assigned a Contact Scientist (CS) who is the point of contact between the Observatory and the Principal Investigator. Instructions for visiting observers are available.

The columns in the table are:
Date: Scheduled observing night(s), local time, for the Gemini telescopes, or number of nights and preliminary dates for Subaru.
Allocated programs: Gemini reference number, Principal Investigator and Partner.
Instrument: name of the instrument(s).
Title: the title of the program.


Classical programs scheduled for Gemini North.

Schedule : Gemini North 2017B
Date (Local Time) Allocated Program Instrument Title
21 Sept. 2017 (first half), staff will execute GN-2017B-C-1 Deluil CFHT Graces Giant planets or stars? Unveiling the nature of brown dwarfs.
1 Sept. 2017 GN-2017B-C-2 Fukui Subaru  GMOS-N Probing the Skies of the Potentially Habitable Planets
21 Sept. 2017 (second half), staff will execute GN-2017B-C-3 Bouvier CFHT  GMOS-N Lithium and rotation in the 13 Myr-old h Per cluster
23 Oct. 2017 GN-2017B-C-5 Narita Subaru  GMOS-N Monitoring an Overtaking Double-Transit Event in the TRAPPIST-1 System
11-12 Oct. 2017 (first half of the nights) GN-2017B-C-6 Dai AU  GMOS-N Is PSR J2317+1439 a super massive neutron star?

Classical programs scheduled for Gemini South.

Schedule : Gemini South 2017B
Date (Local Time) Allocated Program Instrument Title
14 Jan. 2018 GS-2017B-C-1 Aussel CFHT GMOS-S Exact redshift for two new z>0.7 massive clusters
31 Oct. - 3 Nov. 2017 (half nights) GS-2017B-C-2 Taylor AU Flamingos-2 The next frontier: massive galaxies at 4<z<6
19-20 Sept. 2017 (half nights) GS-2017B-C-3 Day AU GMOS-S Testing the Validity of the Extraordinary Amount of Dark Matter Haloes in Abell 2744


Classical programs scheduled for Subaru in 17B. See the Subaru Schedule to confirm dates.

Schedule : Subaru 2017B
Award, nights Allocated Program Instrument Title
7-8 Sept. 2017 (Second half of the nights) GN-2017B-C-200 Gerard US/CA CHAIRS+SCExAO Shedding Light on the Nature of Proposed Protoplanets Around LkCa 15
5, 16 Sept. 2017 (Second half of the nights) and 22 Dec. 2017 (First half of the night) GN-2017B-C-201 Sheppard US HSC Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Massice Planet in the Outer Solar System
23-24 Dec. 2017 (full nights) GN-2017B-C-202 Carlin US  HSC The Stellar Halos and Dwarf Satellites of LMC-mass Analogs

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