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NGSC at the January 2009 AAS Meeting

The NOAO Gemini Science Center (NGSC) was part of the larger NOAO booth at the January 2009 AAS meeting in Long Beach. Most NGSC staff from Tucson and La Serena attended the meeting and were available to help PIs with their Phase IIs and to answer questions from the community. Posters highlighted NGSC staff contacts, the Gemini Science Archive, and Classical Observing. Brochures were available on FLAMINGOS-2, GMOS, GNIRS, Michelle, NICI, NIFS, NIRI, Phoenix, T-ReCS, TEXES, the Gemini Science Archive, How to Propose for US Time on Gemini, Tips on the Gemini Proposal Process, and Tips on the Gemini Phase II Process.

NGSC at AAS09

Photos from the NOAO booth at the January 2009 AAS meeting in Long Beach. Clockwise from lower-left corner: Susan Ridgway (NGSC) helps Ohad Shemmer (University of North Texas) with his Phase II; Tom Matheson (NGSC) and Abi Saha (NOAO) ham it up for the camera; AURA President Dr. William S. Smith at the adjacent AURA booth; Verne Smith discusses atmospheric transmission in the infrared with Jeff Crane (Carnegie Observatories) and Peter Frinchaboy (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Sally Adams (NGSC; off camera) greets Chick Woodward (University of Minnesota); and Dara Norman (NGSC) helps Paul Thorman (University of New Mexico) with his Phase II.

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NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The NGSC represents U.S. scientific, technical, and instrumentation interests in the international community of the Gemini project. The NGSC is a division of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO). Last updated 20 July, 2009.

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