GeminiFocus January 2014 | Page 28

This image showing the propagation of the Gemini South laser guide star system is dedicated to the memory of Vincent Fesquet. Vincent worked tirelessly to make the Gemini South laser guide star system work efficiently and reliably. This image shows the laser propagating for the first time since Vincent’s passing. Leave your memories of Vincent at: www.gemini.edu/staff/vfesquet Special thanks to the W.M. Keck Observatory and Pete Tucker for the extra assistance necessary to make this laser propagation possible in early December 2013. Image by Manuel Paredes. Gemini Observatory/AURA. The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation on behalf of the Gemini Partnership. United States Canada Australia Argentina Gemini Observatory 670 N. A‘ohoku Place Hilo, HI 96720 USA Brazil Chile