Canadian Graduate Students Visit Gemini and CFHT

MKGS graduate students, program coordinators, and Gemini staff during the student’s visit to Gemini’s Hilo Base Facility. Image Credit: Joy Pollard.

Canadian graduate students recently visited Gemini North and the Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope (CFHT) as part of the Maunakea Graduate School in Astronomy (MKGS); a program led by the Université de Montréal’s Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx). During their early-April visit (2nd-3rd) the students gained an in-depth understanding of observatory operations through workshops and a coordinated a mock queue observing run, explored observatory instrumentation, and visited the telescope facilities on Maunakea. More details on the MKGS program can be found here.