Category: For Astronomers
- Date: 13 Aug 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, Science Results
In March 2004, Europe’s comet chaser Rosetta launched when an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana. Its destination: a periodic comet known as Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. More than 10 years passed before the mission experts can celebrate perihelion – the closest point to the Sun along the comet’s orbit. This event was held […]
- Date: 13 Aug 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers
On Thursday, August 13th at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at 6:30pm, Tom Geballe – Gemini North Astronomer, will explain the role played by H3+ in interstellar clouds. He is one of five Invited Discourses given during the two week conference. Research in astronomy includes events lasting as short as seconds to as long as billions […]
- Date: 11 Aug 2015
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The first data from Gemini Remote Access to CFHT ESPaDOnS Spectrograph (GRACES) is now available. GRACES is the result of a cooperation between the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), Gemini, and NRC-Herzberg (Canada) to deliver high-resolution spectroscopy across the optical region via a fiber-optic feed from Gemini to CFHT. In order to help users familiarize themselves with […]
- Date: 6 Aug 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, Operations News, Science Results
At the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General assembly 2015, Gemini’s Markus Kissler-Patig, Nancy A. Levenson, and Scot J. Kleinman are presenting talks on the future of science, instrumentation, and operations at Gemini Observatory. These talks will center around scientific highlights, new operations approaches, and new instruments and initiatives. Markus Kissler-Patig is scheduled to speak on Thursday, […]
- Date: 30 Jul 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, For Everyone
Gemini’s “Bring One, Get One” program, which provides support for early-career scientists to observe at Gemini, recently allowed Anja Feldmeier, a PhD student at ESO in Garching, Germany, to participate in observations at Gemini South as part of a program to study the rotational curve of the Galactic Center. Anja works with Dr. Nadine Neumayer (MPIA, […]
