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Gemini Observatory

The Orion Nebula as You’ve Never Seen it Before: Jaw-dropping New Image from Gemini

January 9, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter This is the part of the Orion nebula. Recognize it? You may not, as this stunning new image comes from the Gemini Observatory’s recently-commissioned advanced adaptive optics (AO) system named GeMS. It shows clumps of gas ejected from deep within the [...]

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Galactic Struggle Captured by Gemini Observatory

October 19, 2012

The Gemini Multi-Object Spectroraph on the Fredrick C. Gillett Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii captured this beautiful image of the ring galaxy NGC 660. The galaxy lies about 40 million light-years from Earth toward the constellation Pisces the Fishes. The field of view of the zoomed out image is 9.3×5.6 arcminutes. North [...]

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Absorption Lines Shed New Light on 90 Year Old Puzzle

November 2, 2011

Using the Gemini North Telescope, astronomers studying the central region of the Milky Way have discovered 13 diffuse interstellar bands with the longest wavelengths to date. The team’s discovery could someday solve a 90-year-old mystery about the existence of these bands. “These diffuse interstellar bands—or DIBs—have never been seen before,” says Donald Figer, director of [...]

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Observing Alert: Bright Spot On Uranus Reported

October 28, 2011

There’s nothing like a dynamic solar system… and right now another planet is being heard from. According to various sources, a bright spot – possibly a developing storm – has been spotted on Uranus. Remove this ad

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Spectacular Galaxies Dancing Towards Destruction

March 31, 2011

More than just another pretty picture? I’ll say! This beautiful image of the galaxy pair NGC 6872 and IC 4970 was part of a competition for high school students in Australia to obtain scientifically useful (and aesthetically pleasing) images using the Gemini Observatory. The winners were students from the Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club [...]

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