Gemini South Observatory

E13035

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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Label	Occurrences
Gemini South Observatory canonical	9
Gemini South telescope	9
Gemini South Telescope	5
Gemini South	4
8.1-meter Gemini South telescope	1
8.1-metre Gemini South telescope	1
Gemini Observatory	1
Gemini South 8.1-meter telescope	1
Gemini South 8.1m 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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