Category: For Everyone
- 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: 13 Jan 2015
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- Categories: For Everyone, Human Interest
As a participant in the “Bring One, Get One” Student Support Program, Dylan Angell, a first year PhD student at the University of Virginia (US), is currently participating in observations at the Gemini South telescope. Dylan’s main research interest is in Galactic structures, and his primary goal is to train at one of the world’s leading […]
- Date: 19 Dec 2014
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- Categories: For Everyone, Images/Videos
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 […]
- Date: 16 Dec 2014
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- Categories: For Everyone, Host Communities, Outreach
The Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) is a collaboration between AUI, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and Gemini Observatory, and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF 1439408). The program brings amateur astronomers, planetarium personnel, and K-16 (formal and informal) astronomy educators to US astronomy facilities in Chile. […]
- Date: 11 Dec 2014
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Successful Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Run at Gemini South The Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System (GeMS) at Gemini South has completed a successful run of 9 nights, with several programs executed and two completed. According to the AO science fellow Vincent Garrel the performance of the system was, “among the best performances we’ve ever achieved.” Rodrigo […]
