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- Date: 16 Jan 2015
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- Categories: For Everyone, Outreach
The first of several Journey through the Universe teacher workshops in 2015 attracted enthusiastic local teachers yesterday at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo. Gemini’s Peter Michaud led the group on an exploration of light in “The Magic of Rainbows” which celebrates The International Year of Light. Here, teachers use spectroscopes (which they designed and […]
- Date: 28 Nov 2014
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- Categories: Images/Videos
Thanks to Patrick Durrell for these very artistic High Dynamic Range (HDR) images of the Gemini North Telescope. These were taken while filming for a Cosmoquest / Science on the Half Sphere time-lapse project in 2012. All videos are freely available under a Creative Commons, Non-Comercial use 3.0 License. (Note: this image is not available […]
- Date: 19 Nov 2014
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- Categories: For Everyone, Human Interest, Operations News
As part of the “Bring One, Get One” Student Support Program, Allison Noble, from the University of Toronto, Canada, is participating in observations at the Gemini South telescope this week. Along with observers Ricardo Demarco and Julie Nantais, the team, led by Michael Balogh are using the new Hammamatsu detectors (page 12 & 13 of […]
- Date: 14 Nov 2014
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- Categories: Operations News
The latest report of the Gemini’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) and the Gemini Board Resolutions are now available to view at: http://www.gemini.edu/science//STAC/Reports/stac2014b_report.pdf & www.gemini.edu/science//GBOD/resolutions/gbod201411_resolutions.pdf
- Date: 13 Nov 2014
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- Categories: For Everyone, Outreach
Gemini science staff members Andreea Petric and Adam Smith join host Peter Michaud (facing away) in a video connection with 6th graders from the South Davie Middle School in Mocksville North Carolina. The program, called Live from Gemini, is a video field trip where students experience Gemini’s latest science and discover the excitement of scientific […]
