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:
- GMOS - optical multi-object spectroscope (one on each telescope: GMOS-N and GMOS-S).
On Gemini North:
- ALTAIR - altitude conjugate adaptive optics for the infrared.
- NIRI - near-infrared imager and spectrometer.
- TEXES - Texas echelon cross echelle spectrograph.
- GNIRS - Gemini near infrared spectrograph.
- IGRINS-2 - immersion grating infrared spectrograph 2.
- 'Alopeke - (camera).
- MAROON-X - high-resolution spectrograph.
On Gemini South:
- GeMS - Gemini multi-conjugate adaptive optics system.
- GSAOI - Gemini South adaptive optics imager (16-megapixel camera).
- FLAMINGOS-2 (near-infrared imaging spectrograph).
- Zorro - imager.
- GHOST - Gemini high-resolution optical spectrograph.
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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