ing the loss of a complete night to the passage of Tropical Storm Flossie.
The science included measuring the diameters of nearby stars, Kepler exoplanet confirmations, and observations of Pluto and
Charon — a wide range of exciting science
observations for a niche capability. It is expected that the instrument will be offered
again for 2014B; its capabilities and performance are summarized here: http://www.
gemini.edu/sciops/instruments/dssi-specklecamera-north.
In November, DSSI was succeeded onto
Gemini North by TEXES, a mid-IR high-resolution spectrometer making its third visit to
the telescope (the last having been before
2010). The winter weather was not very helpful, but the TEXES team still obtained useful
observations on a mini-queue of programs
granted by the Time Allocation Committee,
with a total of 90 hours.
DSSI and TEXES were oversubscrib Y