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Legacy Image Litho Sheets

Cada Fotografía Cuenta una Historia

Este montaje es un tributo a un instrumento excepcional de Gemini Sur conocido como GeMS (el sistema de óptica Adaptativa Multi-Conjugado de Gemini). Cuando es usado en conjunto con GSAOI (Capturador de Imágenes de Óptica Adaptativa de Gemini Sur), GeMS puede incrementar la eficiencia del espejo de 8 metros de Gemini, permitiendo enfocar la luz con mayor precisión, y explorar el Universo en profundidad para obtener detalles estructurales nunca antes vistos. 

Every Picture Tells a Story

This montage is a tribute to a unique instrument at Gemini South known as the Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System (GeMS). When coupled to the Gemini South Adpative Optics Imager (GSAOI), GeMS can make Gemini’s 8-meter mirror significantly more efficient by focusing light more precisely — allowing astronomers using Gemini to probe objects more deeply and study them in finer detail. 

Bullets Rip Through Orion Nebula

Blue cosmic “bullets” rifle through the outskirts of the Orion Nebula (inset, at top left) in this highly detailed, large-field composite image from the Gemini South telescope in Chile. Discovered in 1983, the Orion Bullets are clumps of gas ejected from deep within the Orion Nebula, located some 1,500 light years away from us. The violence causing this is likely related to the recent formation of a cluster of massive stars with strong winds that can expel gas at very high velocities.

"Child" of Another Star

This dual portrait shows the discovery image of exoplanet 51 Eridani b (51 Eri b; labelled “b” in the top image) and an artist’s visualization of the exoplanet in nearinfrared light, which shows hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through clouds.

Domo Transparente de Gemini Norte

El domo del telescopio de Gemini Norte parece desvanecerse en esta mágica imagen que utiliza un truco de fotografía para crear tal ilusión. 

El domo "invisible" se logró tomando una serie de imágenes digitales del domo de Gemini Norte a medida que rotaba con su "shutter" abierto. Las imágenes fueron fusionadas en un solo cuadro para crear la ilusión de la mitad de una concha. 

Gemini North “Cloaked” Dome

The dome of Gemini North almost vanishes in this magical image that utilizes a trick of photography to create the illusion. 

The “invisible” dome was made by taking a series of digital images of the Gemini North dome as it rotated with the shutter open. The images were then merged into a single frame to create the illusion of a half shell. 

The effect presents a fully unobstructed view of the 8-meter Gemini North telescope nestled on its altazimuth mount — a view that would be impossible to capture otherwise. 

Visión Láser

Esta toma exterior del telescopio de Gemini Sur muestra el resultado del Sistema Multi-Conjugado de óptica adaptativa de Gemini (GeMS) con el Capturador de Imágenes de Óptica Adaptativa de Gemini Sur (GSAOI). La luz del láser se divide en cinco haces separados que son necesarios para el sistema de óptica adaptativa de Gemini. 

Laser Vision

This exterior shot of the Gemini South telescope shows the result of the Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System (GeMS) with the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) propagating a laser guide star skyward. The laser’s light is split into five separate beams that are necessary for the Gemini South adaptive optics system. 

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