Work on vibrations in GPI is part of a longterm program to characterize and reduce
vibration effects on both Gemini telescopes.
Over the next two years, we plan to install a
common accelerometer system on both telescopes to permit continuous monitoring of
vibration levels.
Early Use of the Gemini
Observatory Archive
Early use of the new Cloud-based Gemini
Observatory Archive has been healthy. Here
are some initial statistics as of April 2, 2016.
• We have 303 registered users, and the number is increasing all the time.
• Since we went live, users have made a total of 45,000 archive searches and downloaded 550 GB in 117,000 files. We’re currently seeing about 1,750 archive searches
and about 30 GB (compressed) downloads
per week.
• Currently, we have 3.3 million files in the
archive, a total of 8.6 TB (compressed), and
29 TB ( uncompressed) FITS data.
Finally, don’t forget that in order to access
proprietary data from your program you will
need to register your program ID with your
archive user account. See this paragraph on
the help page for further instructions.
Australia’s Partnership in
Gemini: A Retrospective
December 31, 2015, marked the end of
Australia’s time as a full member in the
international Gemini Partnership. Stuart
Ryder, Head of the