Gemini North's Laser & the Big Dipper

Here is a recent image taken of the Gemini North Observatory on Mauna Kea while propagating the Adaptive Optics Laser Guide Star into the heart of the Big Dipper.

Credit:
Stéphane Courteau/Queen's University

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Id:gemini-gemini-laser-24feb10
Type:Photographic
Release date:Feb. 24, 2010
Size:1000 x 669 px

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