The Gemini Telescopes are located in Hawaii and in Chile. Both telescopes have primary mirrors that are 8 meters in diameter (Photo: Paul Kalas)


The Gemini Telescope

GPI will be mounted on a side port of the instrument support structure of the Gemini South telescope. More information about Gemini may be found at http://www.gemini.edu/home.php

The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (United States), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), CNPq (Brazil), and SECYT (Argentina).