Usually seen only on ~ years- here 3 eruptions in a couple of weeks.

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4 Images of Io obtained at different infrared wavelengths (in microns, μm, or millionths of a meter) with the W. M. Keck Observatory's 10-meter Keck II telescope on Aug. 15, 2013 (a-c) and the Gemini North telescope on Aug. 29, 2013 (d). The bar on the right of each image indicates the intensity of the infrared emission. Note that emissions from the large volcanic outbursts on Aug. 15 at Rarog and Heno Paterae have substantially faded by Aug. 29. A second bright spot is visible to the north of the Rarog and Heno eruptions in c and to the west of the outburst in d. This hot spot was identified as Loki Patera, a lava lake that appeared to be particularly active at the same time. An even brighter outburst is seen to the lower right in panel (d), labeled C and is one of the most powerful outbursts ever seen on Io. De Kleer used the fortuitous detection of this outburst simultaneously at Gemini and the IRTF to show that the eruption temperature is likely much higher than typical eruption temperatures on Earth today, "indicative of a composition of the magma that on Earth only occurred in our planet s formative years," de Kleer said. Usually seen only on ~ years- here 3 eruptions in a couple of weeks. Figure 2. Images of Io taken in the near-infrared with adaptive optics at the Gemini North telescope tracking the evolution of the eruption as it decreased

5 in intensity over 12 days. Due to Io s rapid rotation, a different area of the surface is viewed on each night; the outburst is visible with diminishing brightness on August 29 & 30 and September 1, 3, & 10. Image credit: Katherine de Kleer/UC Berkeley/Gemini Observatory/AURA

6 GU Psc b is around 2,000 times the Earth-Sun distance from its star, a record among exoplanets. Given this distance, it takes approximately 80,000 Earth years for GU Psc b to make a complete orbit around its star! The researchers also took advantage of the large distance between the planet and its star to obtain images. By comparing images obtained in different wavelengths (colours) from the OMM and CFHT, they were able to correctly detect the planet. ~10 Jupiters GMOS and NIRI?

7 Astronomers have for the first time found strong evidence for a giant black hole in a Lilliputian galaxy. The finding suggests that supermassive black holes could be twice as numerous in the nearby Universe as previously estimated, with many of them hidden at the centres of small, seemingly nondescript galaxies known as ultra-compact dwarfs. And whereas supermassive black holes typically have about 0.5% of the mass of the stars that are concentrated in the centre of their galaxies, the black hole in M60-UCD1 is about 18% of the mass of the galaxy's stars, enabling the gravitational monster to wield a much greater influence over the galaxy s shape and structure. Recognizing the dominant role that some supermassive black holes have in the evolution of small galaxies is the most important result of the study, says astronomer Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas at Austin.

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9 Plus many other initiatives to reduce costs and decrease staff. Solar panels and energy savings. Reduced in-house engineering capability. Merging telescope and instrument operators.

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11 Queue and classical use set by demand (typically 90/10). Are trying to move to 75/25 by encouragement - both for cost savings and better contact with community.

12 Long = 2-6 semesters; Large = whatever is appropriate for relevant partner

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14 GMOS-S new Hamamatsu CCDs; GMOS-N coming this year.

15 270m fiber from Gemini GMOS to CFHT ESPaDOnS R=30,000 (2 objects; 2 slices each) 50,000 (one object; 4 slices). 1.2 fiber at Gemini.

16 A comparison of GRACES observations of standard star Feige 66 (black) with similar observations at Keck with HIRES (green) and UVES on the VLT (blue).

17 Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph Team: Australian Astrophysical Observatory NRC-Herzberg Australia National University Fiber-fed, bench mounted spectrograph Two object + sky: R=50,000 Single object + sky: R=75,000 Microlens-based IFUs for image slicing Full simultaneous coverage: nm Simultaneous Th-Ar calibration possible IFU1: High-res, low-res and low-res sky: R~50K IFU2: High-res sky, low-res: R~75K Black=object, Orange=acquisition/guiding, Gray/Green=sky, Blue=ThAr 1.2 diam. IFU FOV: covers full FOV with ability to get both objects close together (how close?)

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19 G43 next instrument to make Gemini competitive in era of large scale surveys Can non-partners propose for a FS? Yes. Non-partners can propose to G43 RfP as well although are encouraged to partner with partner countries 18

20 We decided to follow your lead and conduct our next meeting entirely in English.