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The US NGO at NSF NOIRLab supports Gemini Observatory users in the stages of the astronomical observing cycle, from proposal to data reduction. Visit our website at https://noirlab.edu/science/programs/csdc/usngo.
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@usngo.bsky.socialThis week’s image is of the Reflection Nebula GGD 27! Infrared data from Gemini South’s Flamingos-2 allows astronomers to observe how new stars disrupt the gas and dust that formed them. Check out the 🧵 for another paper. #Astronomy 📸 in thread
Show PostOver 79,000 science frames and 3,300+ hours of exposure time! 🤯 You can see the massive scale of the Gemini Observatory's 2025 science run in this satisfying animated bar chart, tracking every science observation from every instrument day by day: Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/N1Y2V... #Astronomy
Show PostWhat happens at Gemini Observatory after dark? This time-lapse offers a glimpse of a night of observing at Gemini North on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi. #astronomy 🎥 Sean Goebel/International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Show PostThis week’s image is of NGC 7232/3! Captured by Gemini South, this cosmic dance between three interacting galaxies reveals dark lanes of dust, brilliant foreground stars, and the raw ingredients for future stars. Check out the 🧵 for another paper. #Astronomy 📸 in thread
Show PostThis is Pa 30, an explosive cloud of gas and dust bursting from a central hot blue star. Astronomers say it’s likely the remnant of a supernova that people on Earth saw in 1181. #astronomy
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