Gemini and W.M. Keck Observatories Exchange Observing Time

MICHELLE (left) mounted to the bottom of the Gemini instrument cluster (illuminated). Internal view of HIRES on Keck I (right)

Gemini and Keck have agreed to exchange observing time on two key instruments in 2005A. The agreement will give Gemini scientists access to five nights with HIRES, the optical high-resolution spectrograph on Keck I. In return, Keck users will have access to MICHELLE, the mid-infrared imager/spectrograph on Gemini North. Read more . . .