Esta extraordinaria fotografía tomada con un lente ojo de pez desde el interior del domo del Telescopio de Gemini Sur, muestra el telescopio fijo en su montura alt-acimutal, apuntando justo lo suficientemente alto hacia el cielo para que su inmenso espejo primario de 8 metros sea visible.
This stunning photograph, taken with a fish-eye lens from inside the Gemini South dome, shows the telescope in its altazimuth mount, pointing just high enough so that its giant 8-meter primary mirror is visible.
El 22 de enero del 2011 comenzó una nueva era en la astronomía de alta resolución con la propagación exitosa de una "constelación" de 5 estrellas guías láser en los cielos sobre Cerro Pachón en Chile. Estas imágenes muestran claramente este monumental evento y las cinco estrellas producidas por láser que brillan en el cielo (inserto).
On January 22, 2011, a new era in high-resolution astronomy began with the successful propagation of a 5-star sodium laser guide star “constellation” in the skies over Cerro Pachón in Chile. The images here clearly show this monumental event and the five laser-produced stars shining in the sky (inset).
This stunning photograph taken, with a fish-eye lens from inside the Gemini South dome, shows the telescope nested in its altazimuth mount, pointing just high enough so that its monstrous 8-meter primary mirror is visible.
Stars reflect off the protected silver coating on the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope primary mirror. The image was obtained shortly after the first successful silver coating on a large astronomical telescope in May 2004.
This view of the Gemini South Telescope shows the telescope structure as it prepares for a night of observations. On the back the Instrument Support Structure can be clearly seen and some of the brighter stars can be seen through the open observing slit.
