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)
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)
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!)
1Feb2001 - release 1.1 of the Gemini data
processing package (an external IRAF package) for Hokupaa/QUIRC and OSCIR
instruments (Changed by Inger Jorgensen)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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