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Category: Operations News
- Date: 6 Mar 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, Operations News
Attention Users: GeMS is Back On-sky! Background Information (Terminology in italics) Sodium laser: the laser’s sodium light excites sodium atoms high in the Earth’s atmosphere to produce an artificial guide star used to make adjustments to refine/sharpen the image. Queue scheduling: Gemini staff (or visiting astronomers) make observations for the Principal Investigators (PIs) who (generally) […]
- Date: 29 Jan 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, Operations News
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is currently completing the last campaign observing run of the 2014-B semester, delivering excellent data to Gemini’s planet hunter community. During this last run it is expected to observe about 40 young stars looking for planets orbiting these stars, as part of the GPI Exoplanet Survey. Instrument performance is meeting expectations, and […]
- Date: 23 Jan 2015
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- Categories: For Everyone, Images/Videos, Operations News
Despite weather constrains and limitations in laser power, the Gemini Muti-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Systems (GeMS) recently completed a successful run, delivering lots of great data for users. According to Gemini astronomer Rodrigo Carrasco, the adaptive optics performance was good and uniform in the entire Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) field of view. The resolution varied between 65 […]
- Date: 25 Nov 2014
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The Transponder-Based Aircraft Detector (TBAD) is now successfully installed at both Gemini telescopes. The system is currently being integrated into the Laser Guide Star (LGS) systems at each telescope. The purpose of this system is to protect aircraft from accidental illumination during laser guide star adaptive optics operation. To learn more about TBAD at Gemini see […]
- Date: 19 Nov 2014
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- Categories: For Everyone, Human Interest, Operations News
As part of the “Bring One, Get One” Student Support Program, Allison Noble, from the University of Toronto, Canada, is participating in observations at the Gemini South telescope this week. Along with observers Ricardo Demarco and Julie Nantais, the team, led by Michael Balogh are using the new Hammamatsu detectors (page 12 & 13 of […]
