The Gemini Observatory Providing Complete and Unobstructed Coverage of Both the Northern and Southern Skies Gemini Uses Horse Sense to Successfully Wash the Gemini North Mirror Public Release of Phoenix Demonstration Science and SV Data First Public Release of GMOS Commissioning Data NIRI update - Semester 2002A Semester 2001B Report and Update on GMOS Status Announcement to 2002A T-ReCS Users ...

Adaptive Optics - Straightening Out Bent Starlight Whenever starlight passes through our atmosphere, it's distorted by turbulence - similar to what we feel when traveling in an airplane. We've all seen the effects of this turbulence on stars, it's called twinkling. Because twinkling blurs images made through a telescope, scientists go to great lengths (and heights) to reduce its effects. One of ...