NGSC in the NOAO/NSO Newsletter

Recent Issues

Issue #99 September 2009

• Classical and Queue Observing Opportunities with the Gemini Telescopes for Semester 2010A
• NICI: Open for Business
• May 2009 Gemini Board Meeting and its Impact on WFMOS and the Aspen Program
• Extraordinary NICI Images of Eta Carinae
• GSA Helpful Hint: Data Packing in Archive
• Kyoto 2009 Joint Subaru/Gemini Science Conference
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #98 June 2009

• Report on a Classical Observing Run
• Visiting Gemini North: Graduate Students’ Perspectives
• US Community Usage of the Gemini Telescopes from 2004B to 2009A and a Look to the Future
• Band 3 Helpful Hint
• Gemini’s Poor Weather Queue
• AAS Meeting in Long Beach, January 2009
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #97, March 2009

• Classical and Queue Observing Opportunities with the Gemini Telescopes for Semester 2009B
• Understanding Observing Constraints at Gemini
• Classical Observing at Cerro Pachón
• Helpful Hint: Gemini HelpDesk
• NICI–AO Imaging Capability at Gemini South
• Joint Subaru/Gemini Science Conference in May 2009
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #96, December 2008

• A Brief Overview of the Governance Structures of NOAO and the International Gemini Observatory
• Don’t Miss NGSC at the 2009 AAS Meeting
• Community Input to the Gemini Long Range Plan
• Joint Gemini-Subaru Science Meeting in May 2009
• Report on Classical Observing at Gemini South
• An Update on GNIRS
• NICI–AO Imaging Capability at Gemini South
• Helpful Hint: Gemini Science Archive
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #95, September 2008

• Gemini Classical and Queue Observing Opportunities for Semester 2009A
• Suitable 2009A Gemini Queue Programs May Be Offered Classical Time
• The Personal Contact Option for the Gemini HelpDesk
• The Joint Subaru/Gemini Conference “Cosmology Near and Far: Science with WFMOS”
• The Gemini/Subaru Wide-field Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph (WFMOS): An Update
• Kyoto Joint Subaru/Gemini Science Conference in May 2009
• Report of a Classical Gemini-Subaru Exchange Program Observing Run
• Detailed Aspects of Technical Reviews for T-ReCS and Michelle
• Gemini News from the Marseille SPIE Meeting
• US Participation in the Gemini Planet Finding Science Working Group
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #94, June 2008

• Classical Observing with Gemini
• The UK Status within the Gemini Partnership: Resolved through 2012
• The US Community and Their Gemini Usage: Some Results from the NGSC Questionnaire at the January 2008 AAS Meeting
• Consider a Poor Weather Proposal
• Detailed Aspects of Technical Reviews for GMOS, NIRI, and NIFS
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update
• Does Methane Rain Down on Titan?

Issue #93, March 2008

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2008B
• An Update on the Status of the UK within the Gemini Partnership and a Look to the Future
• The Gemini-Subaru Time Exchange Program: Additional Observing Opportunities for the Gemini User Community
• Classical Observing Available with Gemini Observatory
• NGSC at the January 2008 AAS Meeting in Austin
• The Updated NGSC Web Site
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #92, December 2007

• The Next Five Years at Gemini: Opportunities for the US Community
• NGSC Works for You!
• Visit NGSC at the January 2008 AAS Meeting
• The Gemini Phase One Tool — PIT
• Gemini Science Staff Meetings
• The Updated Gemini Web Pages
• Changes to Classical Mode Observations at Gemini
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #91, September 2007

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for 2008A
• Altair and the Laser Guide Star System at Gemini North
• Gemini Observing Overhead Revisions
• Designing GMOS Masks without Pre-Imaging
• The Gemini Science 2007 Meeting at Iguaçu
• The Loss of GNIRS and the Special Call for Proposals for 2007B
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #90, June 2007

• Recent Spectroscopic Highlights from Gemini
• A Direct Distance to M33
• GNIRS Infrared Spectroscopy and the Origins of the Peculiar Hydrogen Deficient Stars
• The Gemini-Subaru Time Exchange Program
• Technical Reviews of US Gemini Observing Proposals
• Phoenix Leaves Gemini South
• Altair and the Laser Guide Star System
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #89, March 2007

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2007B
• Avoid Fear and Loathing in January: Prepare Your Gemini Phase II Plan at the AAS Meeting
• bHROS May Move to SALT
• Gemini Science 2007
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update
• NGSC Booth at the 2007 AAS Meeting in Seattle

Issue #88, December 2006

• Mid-Infrared Astronomy at the Gemini Observatory: Capabilities and Recent Scientific Highlights
• Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrometer
• Gemini Science 2007 Conference Update
• Gemini Data Reduction Working Group
• The Gemini-Subaru Time Exchange Program
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #87, September 2006

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2007A
• Limited Phoenix Availability for 2007A
• An Update on bHROS for 2007A
• NGSC Staff Arrivals and Relocations
• Plans for Gemini Science 2007 in Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #86, June 2006

• The Gemini Planet Imager
• Phoenix: Five Years of commitment to Gemini South
• Gemini HelpDesk: Helpful Hints for Users
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update
• New NGSC Staff
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #85, March 2006

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2006B
• NIFS Commissioning at Gemini North
• NGSC Staff Comings and Goings
• National Gemini Offices & Gemini Staff Meeting
• Probing the Dark Universe with Subaru and Gemini
• NGSC Booth at the AAS Meeting in Washington, DC
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #84, December 2005

• NIFS and Gemini North Adaptive Optics in 2006A
• TEXES Arrives at Gemini in 2006
• bHROS Update
• Electronic Distribution of Gemini Data
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #83, September 2005

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2006A
• Pre-Submission Technical Review of Proposals
• A New Addition to the Gemini Instrument Suite: bHROS
• NICI Planet Search Campaign
• GNIRS Servicing Mission
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #82, June 2005

• The Gemini Rapid Response Mode
• NIRI and Altair: Report from a Successful Observing Run
• Phoenix in Classical Mode
• Following the Aspen Process: Presentations and Reviews
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update

Issue #81, March 2005

• Gemini Observing Opportunities for Semester 2005B
• GNIRS Key Science Opportunity in Semester 2005B
• Update on the Opportunity to Use Gemini to Observe the Deep Impact Comet Encounter
• Gemini Publications
• Gemini/IRAF Project Update
• Following the Aspen Process: The Gemini Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectrograph (WFMOS)
• NGSC Instrumentation Program Update
• NGSC Booth at the AAS Meeting in San Diego

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