Gemini South Shines a Laser
Gemini South telescope, half of the International Gemini Observatory, shines a low power laser into the sky to create a laser guide star. This laser guide star serves as a reference for the telescope's adaptive optics system so that it can 'cancel out' the effect of atmospheric turbulence on the images of its actual targets.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Video
| Id: | Gemini-LGS-Dome-Backshell-Timelapse-CC |
| Release date: | Nov. 25, 2023, 10:26 p.m. |
| Duration: | 33 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
About the Object
| Name: | Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS), Gemini South |
| Category: | Gemini Observatory |
