NOIRLab noirlab2217: Gemini’s GHOST Captures Exquisite First Light Observations of a Bright, Chemically Rich Star — NSF’s NOIRLab-operated Gemini South telescope upgraded with next-generation, high-resolution spectrograph. Gemini South, one of the world’s most productive and powerful optical-infrared telescopes, received a major capability boost with the successful installation of a new high-resolution spectrograph called GHOST constructed by an international consortium. This cutting-edge scientific instrument will expand our ...

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Gemini’s GHOST Captures Exquisite First Light Observations of a Bright, Chemically Rich Star
20 July 2022 — NOIRLab Organization Release noirlab2217

Gemini South, one of the world’s most productive and powerful optical-infrared telescopes, received a major capability boost with the successful installation of a new high-resolution spectrograph called GHOST constructed by an international consortium. This cutting-edge scientific instrument will expand our understanding of the earliest stars, the chemical fingerprints of distant planetary systems, and the formation and evolution of galaxies. Gemini South in Chile is one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab.

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https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2217/

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20 July 2022




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