Semester 2007A Time Distribution

Gemini North: Time Availability and Distribution

A minimum of 90% of the time will be made available for science use in 2007A. This amounts to 163 nights, and includes "Compensatory Time" to the UK in return for the long-term transfer of Michelle to Gemini, and Gemini staff allocation. No additional system verification or demo science time is currently planned for Gemini North in 2007A. The number of hours allocated to each partner is given in the following table.

Partner	Estimated Hours Available
US	576
UK	403
Canada	214
Australia	83
Argentina	29
Brazil	17
Univ. of Hawaii (host)	173
Gemini Staff	133
Total	1628 (=163n)

Gemini South: Time Availability and Distribution

Due to the major instrument commissioning activities expected in 2007A for NICI and Flamingos-2, as well as other engineering work, in semester 2006B a minimum of 70% of the time will be made available for science use, or 127 nights. This fraction includes 12 nights reserved for the start of the NICI Planet Search Campaign, 6 nights for Flamingos-2 system verification and the Gemini staff time allocation. The number of hours allocated to each partner is given in the following table.

Partner	Estimated Hours Available
US	378
UK	263
Canada	136
Australia	47
Argentina	19
Brazil	17
Chile (host)	139
Gemini Staff	89
NICI Campaign Science	120
Flamingos-2 SV	60
Total	1268 (=127n)

Time Adjustments

To maintain overall balance amongst the partnership, the values shown above for both Gemini North and South have been adjusted from the nominal partner shares as a result of actual time charged through 2006A. The time allocations shown here were approved at the Operations Working Group meeting in August 2006. In addition, an exchange of 5 hours between Canada (+5hr on GN) and Brazil (+5hr on GS) is included. The number of nights is approximated by int(hours/10).

Last update August 30, 2006; B. Rodgers