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- Date: 15 Feb 2016
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Benjamin Courtney-Barrer, a Gemini South intern from the Australian National University, is immersed in Flamingos-2 data on a Milky Way massive star cluster. His goal: to determine the cluster’s age and ultimately its origin. Benjamin’s mentor, assistant astronomer Morten Andersen explains that these data are being combined with photometry from deep near-infrared imaging for the individual […]
- Date: 12 Feb 2016
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- Categories: For Everyone, Human Interest
Although it is the closest giant elliptical galaxy to Earth, at a distance of about 10 million light years, scientists know very little about Maffei 1 as opposed to the photogenic Centaurus A, the second closest elliptical galaxy to us. Maffei 1, located in the same line of sight as the galactic disc of the […]
- Date: 7 Dec 2015
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The coating of a state-of-the art primary mirror is a complex process that requires specialists from several areas, with sufficient training and knowledge. This was demonstrated in October 2015 when the Gemini primary mirror (M1) was successfully recoated by a combined team of specialists from Gemini, the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory (CTIO) and the Southern Astrophysical […]
- Date: 2 Nov 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, Operations News
The Gemini South telescope is back on the sky, after 18 days of hard work during the recent scheduled maintenance shutdown. During the shutdown, from October 13-30, the 8.1 meter primary mirror received a fresh multi-layer protected silvered coating – a key task for the shutdown. The Gemini primary mirrors (north and south) are unique among […]
- Date: 30 Oct 2015
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For english press here. Una semana de entretención, aprendizaje e incluso de humor destacó la 5ta versión del programa anual de Gemini Viaje al Universo el cual se “repartió” en las aulas locales. “Fue un año excepcional”, dijo la jefa del programa Ma. Antonieta García. “Es obvio que explorar y aprender con […]
