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GMOS

GMOS is a multi-object spectrograph for the Gemini 8m Telescopes. There are two GMOS instruments, one for the northern Gemini telescope in Hawaii , and one for the southern Gemini telescope in Chile . These instruments were developed in collaboration with the Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh and the Instrumentation Group in Durham .

GMOS-North has been in operation since 2001 and GMOS-South since 2002. The GMOS instruments offer imaging, long-slit, multi-object and integral field spectroscopy modes. “Nod-and-shuffle” operation was commissioned on both instruments in 2003, facilitating extremely deep spectroscopic exposures. Both continue to be “workhorse” instruments. The Astronomy Technology Research Group in Victoria is currently in discussion with Gemini to commission the Science ADC which will further enhance the GMOS-S capability.

The project team at NRC-HIA was led by project managers Rick Murowinski (GMOS North), Kei Szeto (GMOS South) and project scientist David Crampton.

Related links

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	GMOS page at the U.K. Astronomy Technology Centre
	GMOS page at the University of Durham
	GMOS science operations pages at Gemini Observatory

Technical Papers Abstracts

	NASA Astrophysics Data System, abstract title: Scientific and technical performance of GMOS: the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph
	NASA Astrophysics Data System, abstract title: The Gemini-North Multi-Object Spectrograph: Performance in Imaging, Long-Slit, and Multi-Object Spectroscopic Modes