General Announcements

24A Programs and Schedule Announced!

December 18th, 2023

Gemini 2024A observing programs and schedule have been announced!

Notification emails were sent to successful PIs on Dec 18, 2023. Please check the schedules page for more information.

Note that the latest version of the Observing Tool is required to access and update 2024A programs.

Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Joy Pollard

Hilo Staff Recognized by Awards from the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

April 15th, 2024 Several staff based at Gemini North in Hilo, Hawai‘i were the recipients of annual awards from the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) for excellence in science, outstanding service, and diversity, equity, and inclusion work.

Avoid updating to Sonoma 14.4

March 21st, 2024

We strongly advise Mac users running on Apple silicon systems to refrain from updating their operating system to Sonoma 14.4 until further notice.
Updating to this version may result in disruptions to the functionality of our Observing Tool (OT), Phase I Tool (PIT), and other Java based tools.

2024B Call for Proposals Released

February 29th, 2024

The 2024B Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals has been released. Proposals are being accepted for observations from 1 August, 2024 to 31 January, 2025. Gemini North and Gemini South are expected to have 153 and 157 nights available for science, respectively. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions.

Status Notes

January 15th, 2024

While Gemini is once again observing after the Cyber Incident, there are some operational issues which we are still working out. We are writing to inform you of the operational limitations we are working under while work continues.

In particular, some of the usual tools for communicating program status are currently unavailable or not fully functional, and we are actively working to minimize the impact on users.

Telescope Operations Restored After Cybersecurity Incident at NSF’s NOIRLab

October 3rd, 2023

Gemini North and Gemini South are taking science data

2024A Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals and GHOST Shared-Risk Call for Proposals Released

September 6th, 2023

The 2024A Gemini Observatory Call for Proposals has been released. Proposals are being accepted for observations from 1 February to 31 July 2024. Gemini North and Gemini South are expected to have 161 and 151 nights available for science, respectively. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions. Please note that all Gemini proposals requesting time from the United States, Canada, Brazil or Argentina must be anonymized.

23B Programs and Schedule Announced!

June 15th, 2023

Gemini 2023B observing programs and schedule have been announced!

Notification emails were sent to successful PIs on June 15, 2023. Please check the schedules page for more information.

Note that the latest version of the Observing Tool is required to access and update 2023B programs.

Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Paredes

Cybersecurity incident at NSF’s NOIRLab

January 23rd, 2023

Cybersecurity incident at NSF’s NOIRLab

Astronomical observations at the International Gemini Observatory suspended

1 August 2023

22B Programs and Schedule Announced!

June 15th, 2022

Gemini 2022B observing programs and schedule have been announced!

Notification emails were sent to successful PIs on June 15, 2022. Please check the schedules page for more information.

Note that the latest version of the Observing Tool is required to access and update 2022B programs.

Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Paredes

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