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Gemini SouthAO system
Last Modified: 
Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 11:24

GeMs is the Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System. This facility instrument delivers a uniform, diffraction limited image quality at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths over an extended FoV of more than 1 arcmin across. This corrected beam then feeds the new generation of science instruments: GSAOI or Flamingos 2.

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Multi-Conjugate AO (NGS)

  • Uniform correction over a 85"x85"
  • Strehl ratio  from 15% to 50% (in the 1-2.5 micron range)
  • Needs 3 natural guide stars with R < 16 mag (~55% of Southern sky)

Announcements

June 17, 2022

GeMS RTC under technical difficulties
View All GeMS News

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gs Instrument Scientist

Vincent Garrel

gs Additional Support Staff
    • Eduardo Marin

Email: GeMS_science@gemini.edu

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The International Gemini Observatory  provides the astronomical communities in six participant countries with state-of-the-art astronomical facilities that allocate observing time in proportion to each country's contribution. In addition to financial support, each country also contributes significant scientific and technical resources. The national research agencies that form the Gemini partnership include: the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Canadian National Research Council (NRC), the Chilean Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), the Brazilian Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, the Argentinean Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, and the Korea Astronomy and Space Institute (KASI). The observatory is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the NSF. The NSF also serves as the executive agency for the international partnership.     

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