Around the World in 80 Telescopes

1 April 2009

On the nights of April 2-3 (3-4 UT) both Gemini telescopes participated in the “Around the World in 80 Telescopes” live, around the world control room webcast. Gemini was honored to be the first control room visit for the event when at 11:00 pm (HST) on April 2nd (9:00 am UT on April 3rd) Gemini presented a new video introduction to Gemini followed by a live visit to the Gemini North control room on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea hosted by Gemini’s Scott Fisher. Nineteen hours later, Gemini South participated in the event at Midnight (Chile time) on the night of April 3-4 (4:00 am UT on April 4th) when Gemini South astronomer Etienne Artigau hosted a visit to the Gemini South control room in Chile.

During each event a pair of new images were released which (along with the new “Introduction to the Gemini Observatory” video) can be seen and downloaded by clicking on the images at right.

More information

For more information on this event and to see the archived video of the webcast see: 100HA website: http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/

Contacts

Peter Michaud
Gemini Observatory
Hilo, HI 96720
Tel: 1 (808) 974-2510
Cell: 1(808) 936-6643
Email: pmichaud@gemini.edu