pmichaud – Gemini Observatory http://www.gemini.edu/blog Exploring the Universe, Sharing its Wonders Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.21 A Rare Day in Hilo! http://www.gemini.edu/blog/blog/2015/02/17/rare-day-hilo/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.gemini.edu/blog/?p=920 Anyone who lives in Hilo knows that the town gets a “bum-rap” for its wet weather (ok, there are some exceptions!) While nice weather does abound on Hawaii’s eastern front, today’s sky is a rare sight indeed. Early this afternoon not a single cloud could be spotted in Hilo’s sky, as illustrated by this “fisheye” […]

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]]> Data Reduction Forum Contest Winners! http://www.gemini.edu/blog/blog/2015/02/02/data-reduction-forum-contest-winners/ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.gemini.edu/blog/?p=328 Congratulations to the winners from early contributions to the User Data Reduction Forum! The Users’ Committee for Gemini (UCG) evaluated the submissions and recommend that David Rupke be recognized for his large effort, and Andrew Stephens for his smaller submission. The contributions are IDL-based routines to work with data from integral field spectrographs, including NIFS […]

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]]> Gemini Helps Honor Top Hawai‘i Science and Math Teachers http://www.gemini.edu/blog/blog/2015/01/26/gemini-helps-honor-top-hawaii-science-and-math-teachers/ Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.gemini.edu/blog/?p=698 Gemini’s Public Information and Outreach Manager Peter Michaud presented the keynote address on Saturday at a luncheon honoring Hawai‘i teachers currently nominated for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). About 60 dignitaries, past awardees, and Hawai‘i Department of Education leaders, joined in the celebration. Peter’s presentation, focusing on how local […]

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]]> Gemini Catches a Serendipitous Event Around Jupiter http://www.gemini.edu/blog/blog/2014/12/19/gemini-catches-a-serendipitous-event-around-jupiter/ Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.gemini.edu/blog/?p=583 Summit observers Jen Miller and Joy Chavez first noticed something unusual about the start of the night’s observations at Gemini North on December 16th, 2014, with this excerpt from the night log, “…the target looks like a crescent, like Venus or the moon. …reslew. …Same thing, different direction to the crescent.” Gemini staff observer Sunny […]

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]]> Gemini Morning Twilight http://www.gemini.edu/blog/blog/2014/08/26/gemini-morning-twilight/ Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.gemini.edu/blog/?p=238 Please enjoy and share this image of Gemini North obtained during the current COLOSSOS Large and Long program run. This image, taken by Gemini’s Joy Pollard shows the early twilight sky, with the crescent moon at right. Quiz: Can you identify the natural glow arching upward between Gemini North and the Moon in this image? […]

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