Gemini South Observatory

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astronomical observatory infrared telescope optical telescope

Gemini South Observatory is a major 8.1-meter optical and infrared telescope facility located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, forming the southern half of the international Gemini Observatory.

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Gemini South telescope 5
Gemini South 3
8.1-metre Gemini South telescope 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory ⓘ
infrared telescope ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
altitude approximately 2700 metres ⓘ
constructionCompleted early 2000s ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
firstLight 2000 ⓘ
governedBy international partnership ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasInstrument FLAMINGOS-2 ⓘ
GMOS-S (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph South) ⓘ
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager) ⓘ
GeMS (Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System) ⓘ
IGRINS-2 (Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer 2) ⓘ
Phoenix (infrared spectrograph) ⓘ
Zorro (speckle imager) ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedOn Cerro Pachón ⓘ
location Coquimbo Region ⓘ
mirrorCount 1 primary mirror ⓘ
mirrorDiameter 8.1 metres ⓘ
mountType altazimuth mount ⓘ
observatoryCode I11 ⓘ
operatedBy NOIRLab ⓘ
surface form: NSF NOIRLab
partnerCountry Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Korea

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Gemini South Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gemini Observatory
primaryMirrorMaterial glass-ceramic ⓘ
scienceFocus cosmology ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ
stellar astronomy ⓘ
scientificStatus operational ⓘ
skyCoverage southern sky ⓘ
telescopeType Ritchey–Chrétien reflector ⓘ
surface form: Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
twinWith Gemini North Observatory ⓘ
usesTechnology adaptive optics ⓘ
laser guide star system ⓘ
multi-conjugate adaptive optics ⓘ
wavelengthRange mid-infrared ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ

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FLAMINGOS-2 → commissionedOn → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South
La Serena → gatewayTo → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
Pangue Observatory → hasNearbyObservatories → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
Cerro Pachón → hasObservatory → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
Coquimbo Region → hasObservatory → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
subject surface form: GSAOI
this entity surface form: Gemini South
Cerro Pachón → hosts → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South 8.1-meter telescope
subject surface form: GMOS-S
this entity surface form: Gemini South telescope
GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager) → locatedAt → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
subject surface form: GSAOI
this entity surface form: Gemini South telescope
Zorro (speckle imager) → locatedAt → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
subject surface form: GeMS
subject surface form: GeMS
this entity surface form: Gemini South telescope
Zorro (speckle imager) → mountedOn → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South telescope
Zorro (speckle imager) → observatory → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South
Gemini South Observatory → partOf → Gemini South Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini Observatory
Gemini North Observatory → sisterFacility → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
FLAMINGOS-2 → telescope → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South Telescope
subject surface form: GSAOI
this entity surface form: 8.1-metre Gemini South telescope
Zorro (speckle imager) → usedOn → Gemini South Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gemini South telescope