San Francisco Will Host Meeting of the Gemini Observatory
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It follows one communicates published on the day (05/02),
in the site "www.spacedaily.com", announcing that Meeting converges on Gemini Observatory recent and
potential scientific impact.
Duda
Falcão
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Meeting Converges
On Gemini Observatory
Recent
And Potential Scientific Impact
by Staff
Writers
Los Angeles CA (SPX)
May 02,
2012
The meeting will also highlight the scientific opportunities that will soon be possible with the next generation of high-resolution spectrographs planned for the twin 8-meter Gemini telescopes. |
In mid-July 2012, astronomers from around the world will
converge in San Francisco, California, to discuss recent and future science
from the Gemini Observatory. From direct imaging of exoplanets, to the most
massive black holes ever measured.
"Our users are very creative and have come up with
multitudes of simply amazing, and also unexpected, ways to use Gemini,"
said Gemini's interim director Dr. Fred Chaffee.
"We expect a lot of discussions on the future of
Gemini and what our users would like to do with Gemini - and we will be
listening carefully," Chaffee says. Planned sessions will gather
information from users on the desired capabilities of future instrumentation
and how the observatory can serve its users more effectively.
"This is a great opportunity for our user community
to engage with us," says Chaffee's successor Markus Kissler-Patig, who
will begin as Gemini's director shortly after this meeting.
Patig adds, "I'll be there and my ears and eyes will
be wide-open and looking for new ideas and directions that our users desire
from Gemini."
Highlights from the tentative program include: the latest
results from current searches for exoplanets, and upcoming plans for using the
next generation of "extreme" adaptive optics systems; measuring the
supermassive black holes that lurk in the centers of galaxies; and studies of
high-redshift galaxies, which reveal the history and evolution of galaxies and
the conditions of the early universe.
The meeting will also highlight the scientific
opportunities that will soon be possible with the next generation of
high-resolution spectrographs planned for the twin 8-meter Gemini telescopes.
An additional, space-limited, tour of the Center for
Adaptive Optics is also planned in conjunction with the meeting and is open to
registered attendees. Conference registration is now open via the conference
website and scientific abstracts are being accepted until April 27. Anyone
interested in the research and future of the Gemini Observatory is encouraged
to attend.
Fonte: Site www.spacedaily.com
Comentário: Pois é leitor, essa reunião em São Francisco
em julho desse ano do Observatório Gemini, deverá contar com a participação de
diversos astrônomos brasileiros, já que o Brasil faz parte do consórcio formado
pelos sete países (Argentina, Austrália, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Estados Unidos
e o Reino Unido) que foram responsáveis pela sua construção e a sua atual operação.
Vale dizer para aqueles que não conhecem o Gemini, que o mesmo na realidade consiste em dois telescópios idênticos, em
operação no visível e no infravermelho, cujos espelhos principais têm 8,1
metros de diâmetro e apenas 10 cm de espessura, localizados que são nos dois
dos melhores lugares de nosso planeta para observar o universo, ou seja, o “Gemini
Sul” a 2.720 m de altitude, numa montanha dos Andes chilenos chamada Cerro
Pachón. Situado na parte sul do deserto mais seco do mundo, o de Atacama e o “Gemini
Norte” a 4.220 m de altitude, no Havaí, Estados Unidos. O “Telescópio Gemini
Norte” é parte da comunidade internacional de observatórios, que foi construída
naquele sítio para aproveitar as excelentes vantagens das condições
atmosféricas locais. A sede internacional do Observatório Gemini está
localizada em Hilo, Havaí, na Universidade do Havaí no Parque Universitário de
Hilo. Juntos, estes telescópios conseguem observar o céu inteiro.
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