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Gemini Observatory

(pair of telescopes in Hawaii and Chile)

The Gemini Observatory is a pair of 8.1 meter optical/infrared telescopes, Gemini North (Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope) at 4200 meters on Mauna Kea, Hawaii and Gemini South at 2700 meters on Cerro Pachón, Chile. They began operating in 2000 and are managed by Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). Among their instruments:

On Gemini North:

On Gemini South:

GMOS has been used to carry out spectrographic observation of extra-solar planets to study their atmosphere. NIFS is a 3° by 3° imaging spectrometer covering the redshift through K band and other near-infrared passbands. Some previously-listed instruments:


(observatory,visible light,infrared,ground,distributed)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Observatory
http://www.gemini.edu/
https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nifty50/geminiscopes.jsp
https://pages.astronomy.ua.edu/keel/telescopes/gemini.html
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/gemini0102/

Referenced by pages:
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
F4
Gemini Planet Imager (GPI)
Giant Gemini GMOS survey (GGG survey)
GLARE
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)
monolithic mirror
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
NOIRLab
Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS)
Phoenix
RESOLVE­
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope (RCT)
segmented mirror
Wide-field Multi-object Spectrograph (WFMOS)

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