1 Director’s Message
Markus Kissler-Patig
3 41: Dissecting a Very Young Cluster with Adaptive Optics
RCW
Benoit Neichel
8 Science Highlights
Nancy A. Levenson
11 News in Adaptive Optics at Gemini South
Gaetano Sivo, Vincent Garrel, Rodrigo Carrasco, Markus Hartung, Eduardo Marin, Vanessa Montes, and Chad Trujillo
15 News for Users
Gemini staff contributions
17 Fast Turnaround Program Pilot Underway
Rachel Mason
22 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
25 Journey through the Universe
Janice Harvey
GeminiFocus April 2015
ON THE COVER:
Gemini South adaptive
optics image of the
“Orion Fingers,” and two
figures from the recent
paper by John Bally et
al. For more details see
the Science Highlight
summarizing this work,
starting on page 12.
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