The visiting IGRINS instrument captures a high-resolution spectrum of TW Hydrae during its first run at Gemini South . A record high weather loss for Gemini North in Semester 2018A . Gemini steps up efforts on Maunakea to monitor possible adverse effects from the ongoing ( and intense ) eruption at neighboring Kilauea volcano . A new data reduction cookbook is now available for FLAMINGOS-2 users . Members of the Maunakea Science Support Group share ideas , research , and results at Gemini North . Finally , the International Time Allocation Committee has created a feasible queue scheduling for Semester 2018B .
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The visiting IGRINS instrument captures a high-resolution spectrum of TW Hydrae during its first run at Gemini South . A record high weather loss for Gemini North in Semester 2018A . Gemini steps up efforts on Maunakea to monitor possible adverse effects from the ongoing ( and intense ) eruption at neighboring Kilauea volcano . A new data reduction cookbook is now available for FLAMINGOS-2 users . Members of the Maunakea Science Support Group share ideas , research , and results at Gemini North . Finally , the International Time Allocation Committee has created a feasible queue scheduling for Semester 2018B .
IGRINS Achieves First Light at Gemini South
IGRINS , the visiting high-resolution near-infrared spectrometer — a collaboration of the University of Texas Austin ( UT Austin ) and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute ( KASI ) — achieved first light on the night of April 2nd at Gemini South , with a remarkable spectrum of the T-Tauri star TW Hydrae ( Figure 1 ).
Figure 1 . IGRINS + Gemini South first light .
Left : TW Hydrae in the slit-viewing camera .
Center : the H-band spectrum .
Right : the K-band spectrum .
Credit : K . Sokal and the IGRINS team
July 2018 GeminiFocus
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