Testing is now well underway, and the
team reports that GPI’s computers are
operational, software integration is complete, and mechanisms are tested and
operational, including the deformable
mirrors. All cryogenic systems are functioning, and, of special note, the Integral
Field Spectrograph is under vacuum and
cooled to its operational temperature of
70 K.
Congratulations to the entire GPI team,
members of which appear in the last image below.
Scot Kleinman heads the Instrumentation Program at Gemini. He can be
reached at: [email protected]
Bernadette Rodgers is Gemini South Head
of Science Operations. She can be reached
at: [email protected]
Chad Trujillo is the head of the adaptive
optics group and located at Gemini North.
He can be reached at [email protected]
Top:
Eighteen hours after leaving the Santiago,
Chile, airport, the Gemini Planet Imager
arrives atop Cerro Pachón.
Middle:
GPI fully assembled in the Gemini South
instrument lab on Cerro Pachón, Chile.
Bottom:
Members of the GPI team celebrate the
arrival and assembly of the instrument’s
systems at the Gemini South instrument lab.
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