Gemini Observatory
An international collaboration, involving the United States, Britain, Canada,
Chile, Australia, Argentina, and Brazil, that has built two identical 8.1-meter
(26-foot) telescopes located at Mauna Kea, Hawaii (Gemini North) and Cerro
Pachón in central Chile (Gemini South) to provide full coverage of both
hemispheres of the sky. Both telescopes incorporate new technologies that
allow large, relatively thin mirrors under active control to collect and
focus optical and infrared radiation. Gemini North was dedicated in 1998
and Gemini South in 2001.
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• Mauna
Kea observatories
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