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The Gemini Instrumentation Program in the US (1Dec94)
(from USGP, NOAO Newsletter No. 40, 1 December 1994)

The 1-5 um Camera, previously allocated to the University of Hawaii, is just
starting a conceptual design phase, with a conceptual design review expected
to take place around mid-March 1995. After completion of the conceptual
design phase, a development phase contract will be negotiated with UH.

A competitive procurement is under way for the 1-5 um Spectrograph. The
Request for Proposals was released 4 August 1994; proposals were received
October 21 with the selection of the spectrograph team expected around the
end of 1994. A committee appointed by the NSF, and including Gemini
Project representation, will be evaluating the proposals and recommending a
winner.

The 8-30 um Camera will be the subject of a competitive procurement
starting in early 1995 with completion of the procurement expected before
the end of the year.

The Gemini CCD consortium has received rough order-of-magnitude quotes
from a number of vendors for 2K X 4K CCDs, which will be required for
the Gemini optical spectrographs. The consortium is now evaluating these
responses in order to develop a plan for acquiring these detectors. The goal
is to utilize a foundry run approach which will allow additional collaborators
to join the effort.

Fred Gillett

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