Science Operations Announcements

The 2009A Observing Tool (OT) is now available to support remaining 2008B observations and the start of semester 2009A.

The allocations for successful Gemini 2009A observing programs have now been announced. Please check the 2009A schedules page for more information.

Starting on Tuesday, December 9 the Gemini Observatory observing databases will be upgraded in preparation for semester 2009A and will not be accessible by the Observing Tool (OT) or the web report forms. ToO triggers will only be possible via the URL mechanism. The 2009A should be available on Thursday, December 11 and this will be needed for all subsequent fetch/store operations. Please check this site for further announcements.

We continue to work on improving Gemini's web pages. We have revised the pages in the Observing with Gemini section, and added pages in this section for the 2009A Call for Proposals and the new Phase I Tool release. Note that you may need to delete your computer's cache to access the new pages.

The Phase I Tool (PIT) for semester 2009A observing proposals has been released. This should also be used for poor weather and director's time proposals during the remainder of semester 2008B.

Gemini is happy to announce that it is accepting proposals for observing time in semester 2009A. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2008. A new version of the Phase I Tool (PIT) has been released to support proposal submissions.

The 2008B Observing Tool to support remaining 2008A observations and the start of semester 2008B is now available.

The allocations for successful Gemini 2008B observing programs have now been announced. Please check the 2008B schedules page for more information.

Starting on Tuesday, June 10 the Gemini Observatory observing databases will be upgraded in preparation for semester 2008B and so will not be accessible by the Observing Tool (OT) or the web report forms. The Gemini North update will be on Tuesday, June 10 and the Gemini South update will be on Thursday, June 12. After the updates ToO triggers will only be possible via the URL mechanism until the new OT is released. The 2008B OT will be available on Friday, June 13 and this will be needed for subsequent fetch/store operations. Please check this site for further announcements.

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