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users in the stages of the astronomical observing cycle, from proposal to data reduction. Visit our website at https://noirlab.edu/science/programs/csdc/usngo.
users in the stages of the astronomical observing cycle, from proposal to data reduction. Visit our website at https://noirlab.edu/science/programs/csdc/usngo.
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Looking for the go-to place with all the key resources for Gemini Observatory users? Say no more! Visit our website (noirlab.edu/science/prog...) to find everything you need — from proposal preparation and data analysis to current conditions and the latest observed data. #astronomy
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/28/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/28/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Looking for new views? Book a FREE public tour of the Gemini South telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory, on Cerro Pachón in Chile. noirlab.edu/public/visit... #astronomy
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Looking for new views? Book a FREE public tour of the Gemini South telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory, on Cerro Pachón in Chile. noirlab.edu/public/visit... #astronomy
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/27/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/27/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
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Throwback post: Beautiful weather today in all of our sites! Check noirlab.edu/science/obse... for live views. #astronomy
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Throwback post: Beautiful weather today in all of our sites! Check noirlab.edu/science/obse... for live views. #astronomy
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/26/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/26/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Looking for new views? Book a FREE public tour of the Gemini South telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory, on Cerro Pachón in Chile. noirlab.edu/public/visit... #astronomy
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Looking for new views? Book a FREE public tour of the Gemini South telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory, on Cerro Pachón in Chile. noirlab.edu/public/visit... #astronomy
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/N. Crawford (Polar Fine Arts)
Throwback post: Beautiful weather today in all of our sites! Check noirlab.edu/science/obse... for live views. #astronomy
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Throwback post: Beautiful weather today in all of our sites! Check noirlab.edu/science/obse... for live views. #astronomy
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Happy anniversary to the Gemini South Observatory! 🦋 🔭
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy anniversary to the Gemini South Observatory! 🦋 🔭
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/25/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/25/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: We are celebrating Gemini South's 25th Anniversary with this photo! NGC 6302 is a bipolar planetary nebula that lies between 2500 and 3800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. #astronomy
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Science observations @GeminiObs from 2025-11-20 to 2025-11-26: #astronomy
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Science observations @GeminiObs from 2025-11-20 to 2025-11-26: #astronomy
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Looking for DRAGONS data reduction tutorials? Check out our GitLab repository 👉 gitlab.com/nsf-noirlab/... it features several Jupyter notebooks that walk you through reducing Gemini Observatory data for different instruments using the DRAGONS API. #astronomy
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Looking for DRAGONS data reduction tutorials? Check out our GitLab repository 👉 gitlab.com/nsf-noirlab/... it features several Jupyter notebooks that walk you through reducing Gemini Observatory data for different instruments using the DRAGONS API. #astronomy
Looking for DRAGONS data reduction tutorials? Check out our GitLab repository 👉 gitlab.com/nsf-noirlab/... it features several Jupyter notebooks that walk you through reducing Gemini Observatory data for different instruments using the DRAGONS API. #astronomy
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Looking for DRAGONS data reduction tutorials? Check out our GitLab repository 👉 gitlab.com/nsf-noirlab/... it features several Jupyter notebooks that walk you through reducing Gemini Observatory data for different instruments using the DRAGONS API. #astronomy
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/24/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/24/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
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Have a short project, a pilot study, or want to follow up on an unusual astronomical event? If you’re part of the Gemini Observatory partner countries, this is your chance! Apply for Fast Turnaround before next week. More info here 👉 www.gemini.edu/observing/ph... #astronomy
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have a short project, a pilot study, or want to follow up on an unusual astronomical event? If you’re part of the Gemini Observatory partner countries, this is your chance! Apply for Fast Turnaround before next week. More info here 👉 www.gemini.edu/observing/ph... #astronomy
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the history of how an international collaboration created the next generation of world-class 8-meter telescopes. #astronomy
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🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
Blog: 25 Years of Gemini Part I: The Origin of the International Gemini Observatory How a bold international collaboration launched an ambitious project to create the next generation of world-class 8-...
25 Years of Gemini Part I: The Origin of the International Gemini Observatory
ow.ly
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the history of how an international collaboration created the next generation of world-class 8-meter telescopes. #astronomy
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
Have a short project, a pilot study, or want to follow up on an unusual astronomical event? If you’re part of the Gemini Observatory partner countries, this is your chance! Apply for Fast Turnaround before next week. More info here 👉 www.gemini.edu/observing/ph... #astronomy
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have a short project, a pilot study, or want to follow up on an unusual astronomical event? If you’re part of the Gemini Observatory partner countries, this is your chance! Apply for Fast Turnaround before next week. More info here 👉 www.gemini.edu/observing/ph... #astronomy
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/23/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/23/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the history of how an international collaboration created the next generation of world-class 8-meter telescopes. #astronomy
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
Blog: 25 Years of Gemini Part I: The Origin of the International Gemini Observatory How a bold international collaboration launched an ambitious project to create the next generation of world-class 8-...
25 Years of Gemini Part I: The Origin of the International Gemini Observatory
ow.ly
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: To celebrate 25 years of the Gemini Observatory, we’re launching a two-part Blog series! Today, we’re exploring the history of how an international collaboration created the next generation of world-class 8-meter telescopes. #astronomy
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
🔗 ow.ly/FNRC50XumLm
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/22/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/22/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
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The ring nebula around the blue supergiant SBW1: pre-explosion snapshot of an SN 1987A twin, by Nathan Smith et al. (2013)
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRA...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRA...
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The ring nebula around the blue supergiant SBW1: pre-explosion snapshot of an SN 1987A twin, by Nathan Smith et al. (2013)
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRA...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRA...
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This week’s image is of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw Nebula! This emission nebula’s red glow is due to light from the enshrouded stars exciting the surrounding gas. Check out the 🧵 for papers featuring nebulae
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This week’s image is of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw Nebula! This emission nebula’s red glow is due to light from the enshrouded stars exciting the surrounding gas. Check out the 🧵 for papers featuring nebulae
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/21/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Queue programs observed at Gemini Observatory N/S on 11/21/25 (http://bit.ly/2KhLox3) #astronomy:
This week’s image is of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw Nebula! This emission nebula’s red glow is due to light from the enshrouded stars exciting the surrounding gas. Check out the 🧵 for papers featuring nebulae
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This week’s image is of NGC 6334, the Cat’s Paw Nebula! This emission nebula’s red glow is due to light from the enshrouded stars exciting the surrounding gas. Check out the 🧵 for papers featuring nebulae
📸 in thread
#Astronomy
📸 in thread
#Astronomy