Zorro unavailable
April 23rd, 2021
A failure in the Zorro PC will make the instrument unavailable until May ~5th.
Alopeke-Zorro
Zorro faulty blue filter wheel
March 29th, 2021
The blue filter wheel of Zorro has been behaving erratically for past few monhts. This has had only minimal impact on operations, since the great majority of Zorro programs use the same filter. A new filter wheel has arrived recently to Pachon and the replacement will happen in the next few weeks.
October 2020 Call for Proposals
October 1st, 2020
Gemini North is accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. We are not yet accepting proposals for Gemini South. Here, we give information specific to this proposal cycle. Please see the other FT pages - particularly the rules - for general information about the program. FT-specific proposal templates must now be used for all FT proposals; see the "PIT information" section below.
Zorro has an H-alpha filter!
March 13th, 2020
Zorro has now an H-alpha filter! Addittionally, the same new control software has also been implemented. The first Zorro run of the semester is ongoing.
New `Alopeke control software
February 10th, 2020
We are using a new version of the 'Alopeke control software. Be aware that the FITS headers have changed slightly.
Announcements prior to 2020
January 1st, 2020
2019 Dec 31 - Zorro runs in 2020A have been scheduled between March 10 and 18, and June 29 and July 5. Phase II deadline has been set for February 17th.
2019 Oct 05 - 'Alopeke spent the weekend in the Hilo lab where Nic installed a new pickoff arm position sensor and realigned the optics in preparation for using the new mounting spacer ring.