DRAGONS v4.0.0 with new support for near-infrared spectroscopy is now available.  This specific release includes support for GNIRS longslit.  Upcoming releases, later this year, will add support for GNIRS cross-dispersed and Flamingos 2 longslit.  The new support for GNIRS includes non-thermal and thermal bands, and full calibration including wavelength calibration using sky features and telluric correction.  To get the software and for more information, i

The 2025A Gemini Observing Tool is now available for download.

This version is required to access the Gemini Observing Databases.

Please see the download and installation instructions on the Observing Tool web page which also includes the release notes for this version.

If, after updating, you don't see your program in the OT program list please try removing and re-adding your key.

The 2024B Gemini Observing Tool is now available for download. This update is required to access the Gemini Observing Databases.

The Installation Instructions are linked on the Observing Tool web page, and we recommend that everyone download their programs from the databases rather than import from saved XMLs.

The latest version of DRAGONS (v3.2.0) was released on 1 April, 2024 and includes fully integrated support for GHOST and support of the new GMOS-S CCDs installed late 2023.  With this release, DRAGONS offers support for the science quality reduction of data from the GMOS, NIRI, GSAOI, and F2 imagers, as well as from the GMOS long-slit spectrograph (including nod-and-shuffle observations) and new GHOST high-resolution spectrograph.  To get the software or for  more information, please go to https://dragons.readthedocs.io/.  Follow @

Letters of intent are now solicited for new Gemini Large and Long Proposals, to begin in semester 2024B. Letters are due by February 12 2024, and full proposals by April 1 2024.