Category: Images/Videos
- Date: 6 Feb 2015
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A Facial Optical Illusion *The exposure time was set to be long enough to bring out the faint details of the nebula and as a result the illuminating star was overexposed, producing this odd effect. -Tom Geballe, Gemini Astronomer Humans have a long history of ‘seeing’ familiar objects in photographs taken of unfamiliar landscapes. Examples like […]
- Date: 4 Feb 2015
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- Categories: For Astronomers, For Everyone, Images/Videos
Racks and Heat “High-availability networks are key in ensuring that Gemini’s daytime and nighttime operations run dependably and efficiently. Quite simply, the fault of a single network device should never impact Gemini’s exploration of the universe! The same holds true for planned maintenance cycles. The new fault-tolerant core network infrastructure now provides us flexibility when […]
- Date: 23 Jan 2015
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Despite weather constrains and limitations in laser power, the Gemini Muti-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Systems (GeMS) recently completed a successful run, delivering lots of great data for users. According to Gemini astronomer Rodrigo Carrasco, the adaptive optics performance was good and uniform in the entire Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) field of view. The resolution varied between 65 […]
- Date: 19 Dec 2014
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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 […]
