1 Director’s Message
Jennifer Lotz
4 The First Repeating Fast Radio Burst
in a Spiral Galaxy
Benito Marcote, Kenzie Nimmo, and
Shriharsh Tendulkar
9 NGC 2071 -IR: A Who-dunnit
Mystery
Tom Geballe
12 Speckle Imaging Takes Gemini to
Its Diffraction Limit
Rachel Matson and Andy Stephens
22 Making Good Use of Bad Weather:
Finding Metal-poor Stars Through
the Clouds
Vinicius Placco
27 Science Highlights
John Blakeslee
45 The Legend of Zorro Begins
Ricardo Salinas and Steve B. Howell
48 A Galactic Dance
Gemini Press Release
50 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
15 Exoplanets Can’t Hide Their Secrets 61 News for Users
from Innovative New Instrument
Gemini Press Release
18 Neptune’s Moon Triton Fosters
Rare Icy Union
Jennifer Hanley
ON THE COVER:
Gemini North Multi-
Object Spectrograph
image of NGC 5394/5,
otherwise known as the
Heron Galaxy. This four-
color composite captures
an intimate moment in
an elegant dance by two
interacting galaxies some
160 million light years
distant. To read more
about this compelling
interacting pair, turn to
page 48.
69 Gemini Outreach Programs Sparkle
in Both Hemispheres
Manuel Paredes and Alyssa Grace
73 Papa ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Kilohōkū
Alison Peck
GeminiFocus January 2020
and 2019 Year in Review
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January 2020 / 2019 Year in Review