Australian Student Imaging Contest Winner

In a special Live from Gemini videoconference event last week, students from St. Margaret's Anglican Girls School in Ascot, Queensland celebrated the release of their school’s image of the galaxy field including IC 5332 (shown). The contest, now in its fifth year, gives Australian students an opportunity to select a target for Gemini to observe and image based on a nation-wide essay contest. This year’s target was suggested by St. Margaret’s student Isobelle Teljega who will be joined by another winner (and image release) to be announced on October 4 (Australian time). The second image is from a variation of this contest for Australian amateur astronomers. Watch Gemini’s Facebook page for updates to this story!