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Name | | Affiliation |
Dennis Crabtree |
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Gemini |
Inger Jorgensen |
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Gemini |
Michael West |
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Gemini |
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Session | | 4 (Applications of optical turbulence observations and custom forecasting in telescope astronomy.) |
Title | | 'The Role of Weather Forecasts in Gemini Scientific Operations' |
Abstract | | Over 90% of Gemini's observing time is done in queue scheduling mode. One of the advantages of queue mode is that observations can be taken in the observing conditions required by the science. For example, adaptive optics observations can be taken on nights of good seeing and mid-IR observations can be done during periods of low water vapour. We will discuss the use of current weather products a available in Hawaii and Chile in nightly planning of Gemini's queue observing. We will also look ahead and discuss additional products that help Gemini's science operations.
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