The 2023A Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals has been released. Proposals are being accepted for observations from 1 February 2023 to 31 July 2023. Gemini North and Gemini South are expected to...

As part of the JWST Cycle 2 Proposal process (with deadline of 27 January 2023), NOIRLab plans to offer up to 5% of the US share of regular-proposal Gemini time in Semesters...

Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 (noon) Hawai‘i Standard Time on 30 Sep 2022. Please note the change in deadline...

The new Flamingos 2 multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) mode is available via FT and DD proposal routes throughout 22B and will be available via the regular 23A call. The MOS mode allows...

The Gemini Observatory Directorate wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s hybrid Gemini Science Meeting conference in Seoul, Korea — from the organizing committees, to the speakers...

The Users Committee of Gemini Observatory (UCG) would like to hear from you! The UCG provides feedback to the observatory on all matters that affect current users. The committee convenes annually in...

The Low-Resolution (natural seeing) integral field unit (LR-IFU) for GNIRS had its first light on 6 July 2022. The first functionality and requirements testing was completed successfully, and the combined team from...

A new virtual machine implementation for running IRAF on MacOS 10.14+ is now available. You can find updated instructions here.

This should provide a reliable and relatively convenient way of running...

Following some collaboration with the IRAF Community project earlier this year, we are pleased to make available PyRAF 2.2.1, the first version to pass all our testing on Python 3. This runs...

From 1 to 25 August 2022 Gemini South was shut down for maintenance. The original plan was to carry out Acquisition and Guiding System (A&G) maintenance and recoat the primary mirror (M1)...