Gemini South
Electronics Engineer
Vanessa Montes
uses an optics kit to
demonstrate how
Gemini’s telescope
mirrors reflect light to
an instrument so that
scientists can image
distant objects in the
Universe.
After sunset, many
families joined in
AstroDay’s public
starparty. Visitors
enjoyed their closeup
views of the nighttime
sky which were provided
by local amateur
astronomers and their
telescopes. Despite the
late hour, participants
didn’t want to leave!
Gemini’s senior
software engineer
Pedro Gigoux shares
with students
how astronomers
measure the
temperatures
of objects in the
Universe as part of
an astronomy career
panel.
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GeminiFocus
April 2018