Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 1 2 Introduction and Overview ........................................................................................... 3 3 Science Highlights ....................................................................................................... 3 3.1 Proposal and Publication Statistics ....................................................................... 7 4 Operations................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Operations Summary ............................................................................................ 8 4.2 Instrumentation ..................................................................................................... 9 4.2.1 Gemini North .................................................................................................. 9 4.2.2 Gemini South ............................................................................................... 10 4.3 Science User Support ......................................................................................... 10 4.4 Storage and Archiving ......................................................................................... 11 4.5 Special Observing Modes ................................................................................... 12 4.5.1 Fast Turnaround ........................................................................................... 12 4.5.2 Large and Long Programs ............................................................................ 12 4.6 Telescopes and Enclosures ................................................................................ 12 4.7 Operations Metrics .............................................................................................. 13 4.7.1 Telescope Time Usage ................................................................................. 14 4.7.2 Regular Semester: Oversubscription and Demand ....................................... 14 4.8 Other Operations Activities ................................................................................. 16 4.9 Transition Program ............................................................................................. 17 4.9.1 Staffing Reductions ...................................................................................... 17 4.9.2 General Non-Labor Budget .......................................................................... 18 4.9.3 Transition Program Projects ......................................................................... 18 4.9.4 Cost of the Transition Program ..................................................................... 19 4.9.5 Lessons learned from the Transition Program .............................................. 20 4.10 Administration and Facilities ............................................................................. 20 4.11 Safety ............................................................................................................... 21 4.12 External Relations ............................................................................................. 21 5 Instrumentation and Facility Development ................................................................. 22 5.1 GHOST ............................................................................................................... 23 5.2 Gen4#3 ............................................................................................................... 23 5.3 GeMS ................................................................................................................. 23 5.4 GMOS CCDs ...................................................................................................... 25 5.5 Instrument Upgrades .......................................................................................... 25 2016 Annual Program Report and 2017 Program Plan of the Gemini Observatory – i 5.6 Altair ................................................................................................................... 25 5.7 Additional Development Projects ........................................................................ 25 6 Public Outreach and Broadening Participation .......................................................... 26 6.1 Outreach Programming ....................................................................................... 26 6.1.1 Journey Through the Universe & Viaje al Universo ....................................... 26 6.1.2 StarLab Portable Planetarium ....................................................................... 27 6.2 Career Resources ............................................................................................... 27 6.3 User and Public Communications ....................................................................... 28 6.3.1 Social Media ................................................................................................. 28 6.3.2 User Communications: Publications and Conferences ................................. 29 6.3.3 Media Relations and Press Releases ........................................................... 30 6.4 Additional Opportunities and Milestones ............................................................. 30 6.5 PIO Outreach Statistics ....................................................................................... 31 6.6 Broadening Participation and Workforce Development ....................................... 31 7 Finance and Organization ......................................................................................... 32 7.1 Finance ............................................................................................................... 32 7.2 Organization and Staffing ................................................................................... 32 7.3 Budget ................................................................................................................ 33 7.3.1 Partner Contributions.................................................................................... 33 7.3.2 Financial Results for the Year of 2016 .......................................................... 33 7.3.3 2016 Budget vs Actual Variance Analysis..................................................... 34 8 Program Plan for 2017 .............................................................................................. 36 8.1 Overview of 2017 ................................................................................................ 36 8.1.1 Observatory Budget 2016–2018 Overview ................................................... 36 8.1.2 Economic Assumptions through 2018 .......................................................... 37 8.1.3 Staffing Plan ................................................................................................. 37 8.1.4 Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Budget 2016 to 2018 .............................. 38 8.1.5 Instrument Development Fund (IDF) Budget 2014-2017 .............................. 38 8.2 Science and Engineering Operations in 2017 ..................................................... 39 8.2.1 Regular Operations ...................................................................................... 39 8.2.2 Science and Engineering Operations Core Projects and Goals .................... 40 8.3 Science User Support in 2017 ............................................................................ 41 8.4 Instrumentation and Facility Development in 2017 .............................................. 41 8.5 Administration & Facilities and Safety in 2017..................................................... 42 8.5.1 Finance and Administration .......................................................................... 42 8.5.2 Safety ........................................................................................................... 42 2016 Annual Program Report and 2017 Program Plan of the Gemini Observatory – ii 8.6 Public Information and Outreach in 2017 ............................................................ 43 8.7 Gemini External Relations in 2017 ...................................................................... 43 8.8 HR Plans in 2017 ................................................................................................ 44 Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................... 1 Publications by Staff .................................................................................... 3 B.1 Staff Refereed Publications ................................................................................. 3 B.2 Staff Non-Refereed Publications........................................................................... 7 Publications by Users ................................................................................ 11 Science Programs 2015B and 2016A ....................................................... 31 D.1 2015B Science Programs – Gemini North ......................................................... 31 D.2 2015B Science Programs – Gemini South ........................................................ 35 D.3 2016A Science Programs – Gemini North ......................................................... 38 D.4 2016A Science Programs – Gemini South ........................................................ 42 Research Staff Effort ................................................................................