1 Director’s Message
Markus Kissler-Patig
3 The Host Galaxy of the Repeating
Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102
Shriharsh Tendulkar, on behalf of the FRB
121102 collaboration
8 Persistence Pays Off in the Study of
Shock-heated Gas
Tom Geballe
12 Science Highlights
Peter Michaud
15 The Chosen One: OCTOCAM
(Gen4#3)
Stephen Goodsell, on behalf of the
OCTOCAM team
19 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
21 News for Users
Gemini staff contributions
26 Internships
Alison Peck , with contributions by recent
Gemini interns
29 Gemini Outreach Events Span Both
Hemispheres!
Alexis Ann Acohido & Manuel Paredes
ON THE COVER:
A diagram of OCTOCAM — our next
facility-class (Gen4#3) instrument shown
against a background illustrating the
wide spectral range of this 8-channel
imager and spectrograph, which will
enable Gemini to take advantage
of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
follow-up opportunities. Learn more
about OCTOCAM starting on page 15.
GeminiFocus April 2017
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