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Have you ever wondered how the Gemini South telescope works? In this video you can see the telescope dome rotating and the laser guide star in action. Both of the Gemini Observatory telescopes located in Chile and Hawai‘i use laser guide stars to provide data for their adaptive optics systems which compensate for fluctuations in the upper atmosphere which can blur the images of distant stars and galaxies. The laser excites trace gas particles high in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Software then analy

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Ahh, we love nights like this at the Gemini Observatory South telescope🤩 Cerro Pachón is illuminated with stars and the Milky Way can be seen across the sky 🔭🌌 What a stunning, special sight—wishing you all a happy, starry Friday night! Credit: @GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Kwon O Chul https://noirlab.edu/public/videos/kwon_gemini_solarpannel_fd/ #astronomy #telescope #geminiobservatory #milkyway #stars #nightsky #astrovideo | Gemini Observatory

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