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Significant changes to the Gemini Science Operations web pages are:
- 25Feb2002 - release of pages associated with the 2002B Call for Proposals,
updates to most instruments including a new "observing strategies"
section for many of them, updated observing
condition constraints, new Phase I Tool (Changed by most of
the Gemini science staff!)
- 9Nov2001 - Updated Quick Response schedule with next Acquisition Camera blocks (Changed by Phil
Puxley)
- 31Oct2001 - Added pre-defined (5-point) observing sequences and
PWFS2 guide stars for all UKIRT Faint Standards to NIRI
Observing Tool library (Changed by Joe
Jensen)
- 26Oct2001 - GMOS
R400 grating dispersion corrected and GMOS
IFU overhead added (Changed by Inger Jorgensen)
- 23Oct2001 - NIRI SV Data
Update: reduced NIRI SV images have corrected airmass,
gain, read noise and non-linear level in headers (Changed by Joe
Jensen)
- 19Oct2001 - new release of the Observing
Tool Phase II software; many changes to OT web pages (Changed by Phil
Puxley, Kim Gillies and others)
- 5Oct2001 - NIRI
filter list updated with arrival of CO 2-0 bandhead filter (Changed
by Joe Jensen)
- 20Sep2001 - GMOS
R400 grating dispersion corrected (Changed by Inger Jorgensen)
- 12Sep2001 - NIRI
L- and M-band imaging and spectroscopic sensitivities corrected
(0.2-0.5mag poorer sensitivity) after bug in ITC found whereby telescope
thermal emission was not correctly applied (Changed by Joe Jensen and Tom
Geballe)
- 5Sep2001 - CIRPASS
sensitivities changed due to revised throughput (especially 0.25 arcsec
and smaller lenslets) (Changed by Marianne Takamiya)
- 31Aug2001 - release of pages associated with the 2002A Call for Proposals,
including the new Gemini North and South instruments (T-ReCS,
Phoenix
and CIRPASS);
updates to other instruments, new Phase I Tool (Changed by most of
the Gemini science staff!)
- 28Feb2001 - release of pages associated with the 2001B Call for Proposals,
including the Gemini South telescope and new Gemini North and South instruments (GMOS, FLAMINGOS I, Acquisition Camera), Quick Response observing mode, Phase I Tool (Changed by most of
the Gemini science staff!)
- 1Feb2001 - release 1.1 of the Gemini data
processing package (an external IRAF package) for Hokupaa/QUIRC and OSCIR
instruments (Changed by Inger Jorgensen)
- 24Oct2000 - (Scientifically useful) data taken as part of engineering and Demonstration Science released to
the community (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 2Oct2000 - QuickStart queue summary
status and nightly details
updated following September Hokupa'a/QUIRC (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 31Aug2000 - release of pages associated with the 2001A Call for Proposals,
including NIRI integration time
calculator, NIRI instrument,
Hokupa'a AO system, Phase I Tool (Changed by most of the
Gemini science staff!)
- 27Jul2000 - science observations started and the science-use summary log is
active (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 13Jul2000 - Acquisition
Camera sensitivity table added (Changed by Ted von Hippel)
- 11Jul2000 - added a schedule showing nominal blocks for QuickStart service
observing (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 29Jun2000 - summary of the 2000QS QuickStart
service observing queue added; preliminary information on the next semester
(2001A) added (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 19Apr2000 - added an introduction to the thermal IR technique of chopping and nodding. (Changed by
Tom Hayward)
- 12April2000 - identified members of Gemini
staff TAC. (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 20Mar2000 - recommended mid-IR standard
stars. (Changed by Tom Hayward)
- 19Mar2000 - added saturation and background-limited magnitudes and
exposure times as well as photometric and spectroscopic standards to NIRI performance and use. (Changed
by Colin Aspin and Joe Jensen)
- 17Mar2000 - clarified how overheads should be included in Phase I
QuickStart proposals and described the observing overheads in more detail on the relevant
instrument (performance and use) pages. (Changed by Mark Chun and Phil Puxley)
- 29Feb2000 - added a description of the QuickStart service observing
process, the Demonstration Science
program and expected capabilities. (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 7Feb2000 - activated the Gemini HelpDesk
which provides user support (requests for information, request tracking etc) and search
engines. (Changed by Phil Puxley and Simon Chan)
- 3Feb2000 - added current estimates of instrument delivery for Gemini facility
instruments to each relevant introductory page (Changed by Phil Puxley and Doug Simons)
- 20Jan2000 - added major section for Adaptive Optics
including multi-conjugate AO (MCAO) and Altair, the facility AO system for Gemini North. (Contributions
from Francois Rigaut and Mark Chun)
- 16Dec1999 - added details of NIRSPEC on Keck and it availability to the Gemini community (Changed
by Tom Geballe)
- 14Nov1999 - generic target
acquisition scenarios added (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 1Nov1999 - details of the NIRI System
Verification plan added (Changed by Joe Jensen and Phil Puxley)
- 1Nov1999 - updated observational modes and time available in the next (the first!) semester (Changed
by Phil Puxley)
- 1Nov1999 - installation instructions
for Windows, Solaris and linux versions of the Phase I Tool added (Changed by Phil
Puxley and Kim Gillies)
- 26Oct1999 - help pages for the new Gemini Phase
I Tool (PIT) loaded, except for installation instructions (Changed by Phil
Puxley and Colin Aspin)
- 24Oct1999 - added information about service mode classical observing to
proposal process. This mode permits smaller time requests for proposals executed by
National Gemini Office staff (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 16Oct1999 - added observing
condition constraints (e.g. image quality performance, sky transparency, sky
background) (Changed by Phil Puxley, Mark Chun, Tom Geballe and Ted von Hippel)
- 13Oct1999 - definition of shared
risks observing added (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 23Sep1999 - added overview of wavefront
sensors and guide star availability
(Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 5Sep1999 - added CIRPASS preliminary capabilities and sensitivity estimates (Changed
by Marianne Takamiya)
- 26Aug1999 - guidelines for choosing
between NIRI and Hokupa'a + QUIRC added (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 25Aug1999 - added Hokupa'a
and QUIRC preliminary capabilities and sensitivity estimates (Changed by Mark
Chun)
- 25Aug1999 - augmented NIRI capabilities and added preliminary sensitivity estimates (Changed
by Joe Jensen and Tom Geballe)
- 24Aug1999 - added overview of proposal process (Phases I and II), queue and
classical observing (in how to
observe... section); added OSCIR preliminary capabilities and sensitivities (Changed by Phil
Puxley)
- 07Jun1999 - added estimate of time availability in first semester (Changed by Phil
Puxley)
- 06Jun1999 - updated System
Verification Introduction and Principles (Changed by Tom Geballe and Fred
Gillett)
- 02Jun1999 - added predicted first
semester instruments to schedule section. (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 19Apr1999 - activated GNIRS instrument pages. (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 18Apr1999 - added schedules
as new top-level section. (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 21Mar1999 - each instrument now has direct link to instrument developer from
introductory page (previous construction update pages deleted). (Changed by Phil Puxley)
- 12Feb1999 - added note that Phase1Gui is unavailable; it is to be replaced by a
modified Phase I Tool. (Changed by Phil Puxley)