Gemini's instrumentation program: Latest results and long-range plan

Maxime Boccas; S. J. Kleinman; Stephen Goodsell; Eric Tollestrup; Andy Adamson; Gustavo Arriagada; Julian Christou; Patricio Gonzalez; Kevin Hanna; Markus Hartung; Manuel Lazo; Rachel Mason; Benoit Neichel; Gabriel Perez; Doug Simons; Brian Walls; John White

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Gemini's instrumentation program: Latest results and long-range plan

Maxime Boccas^*, S. J. Kleinman, Stephen Goodsell, Eric Tollestrup, Andy Adamson, Gustavo Arriagada, Julian Christou, Patricio Gonzalez, Kevin Hanna, Markus Hartung, Manuel Lazo, Rachel Mason, Benoit Neichel, Gabriel Perez, Doug Simons, Brian Walls, John White

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The Gemini Observatory is going through an extraordinary time with astronomical instrumentation. New powerful capabilities are delivered and are soon entering scientific operations. In parallel, new instruments are being planned and designed to align the strategy with community needs and enhance the competitiveness of the Observatory for the next decade. We will give a broad overview of the instrumentation program, focusing on achievements, challenges and strategies within a scientific, technical and management perspective. In particular we will discuss the following instruments and projects (some will have dedicated detailed papers in this conference): GMOS-CCD refurbishment, FLAMINGOS-2, GeMS (MCAO system and imager GSAOI), GPI, new generation of A&G, GRACES (fiber feed to CFHT ESPaDOnS) and GHOS (Gemini High-resolution Optical Spectrograph), and provide some updates about detector controllers, mid-IR instruments, Altair, GNIRS, GLAO and future workhorse instruments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925516
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8446
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	1/07/12 → 6/07/12

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Boccas, M., Kleinman, S. J., Goodsell, S., Tollestrup, E., Adamson, A., Arriagada, G., Christou, J., Gonzalez, P., Hanna, K., Hartung, M., Lazo, M., Mason, R., Neichel, B., Perez, G., Simons, D., Walls, B., & White, J. (2012). Gemini's instrumentation program: Latest results and long-range plan. In Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Article 844606 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8446). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925516

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Gemini's instrumentation program: Latest results and long-range plan. / Boccas, Maxime; Kleinman, S. J.; Goodsell, Stephen et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. 2012. 844606 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8446).

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