GS SHUTDOWN (a Gemini South Planned Shutdown Video)

This tongue-in-cheek “movie trailer,” produced by PIO staffer Manuel Paredes’ during his free “creative” time, features staff involved in the Gemini South scheduled shutdown activities which are ongoing until August 22, 2014. Some primary goals include work on secondary mirror electronics; maintenance of the Acquisition and Guiding unit; and the replacement of helium supply lines in the Cassegrain Rotator. At the same time, Gemini staff are working on several task related to instrument maintenance which include GMOS, FLAMINGOS-2, Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), Canopus, and the Laser Bench of the Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optic System.

GS Shutdown trailer