AstroDay Chile 2010

AstroDay Chile gathered 2,000 people in a downtown venue in La Serena. A total of 17 institutions from Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia participated in this long 12 hour astronomical day.
The Gemini booth had a very succesful “Ask the Astronomer” corner. Here, Gemini South’s Nelson Zárate interacts with curious young people.
One of the most succesful workshops, Rocket Making and Launching took place at the Plaza de Armas in La Serena, where about a dozen rockets flew close to the Cathedral and the Local Government building.
Many institutions brought their telescopes for AstroDay Chile’s audience to have a first experience in night sky.
A total of 6 oral presentations were offered to the community. Here Father Piccetti from Observatory Cerro Mayu talks about Dark Matter.

Gemini Observatory Participants

Gemini's mission is to advance our knowledge of the Universe by providing the international Gemini Community with forefront access to the entire sky.

The Gemini Observatory is an international collaboration with two identical 8-meter telescopes. The Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope is located on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i (Gemini North) and the other telescope on Cerro Pachón in central Chile (Gemini South); together the twin telescopes provide full coverage over both hemispheres of the sky. The telescopes incorporate technologies that allow large, relatively thin mirrors, under active control, to collect and focus both visible and infrared radiation from space.

The 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.

Last Modified: January 28, 2010, xzhang

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