Introduction
Gemini Planet Image joined the Cosmic Diary Network
The Gemini Planet Imager team is joining the Cosmic Diary Network. GPI is the next generation adaptive optics instrument being built for the Gemini South Telescope. The goal is to image extrasolar planets orbiting nearby stars. The GPI team will use this blog to show the progress on the development of this instrument and discuss the science results which will be obtained in 2013.
WHO: GPI is being built by a consortium of U.S. and Canadian institutions, funded by the Gemini Observatory, which is an international partnership comprising the U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil & Chile.
WHEN: After more than 5 years of development (preliminary design review... read more ❯
Introduction
Hello, everyone. Welcome to my blog as part of the Cosmic Diary. I'm an astronomer at the SETI Institute. Or a planetary scientist. Or a planetary astronomer. Or something. I've never figured out what to call myself. I spend my days doing what most scientists do: converting raw data into published papers, hopefully figuring out some fundamental truth about the universe and advancing the scope of human knowledge along the way. Or at least that's the theory. Often my days are actually spent beating my head against... read more ❯