NOAO - The Gemini Observatory

This podcast was recorded in a noisy exhibit hall at the 2017 AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas. We apologize for the poor audio quality. Description: The Gemini Observatory is an international collaboration that runs 8 meter telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and Cerro Pachon in Chile. In this podcast recorded at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Grapevine, Texas, Dr. Andy Adamson, Dr. Morten Andersen, and Dr. Andre-Nicolas Chene discuss various aspects of the observatory and research carried out by Gemini. www.noao.edu Short bio: Rob Sparks is a science education specialist in the EPO group at NOAO and works on the Galileoscope project ( www.galileoscope.org ), providing design, dissemination and professional development. He also pens a great blog at halfastro.wordpress.com. You can see his photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfastro Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win. This week's code is afhcNB. Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!