Gemini Deputy Director
Henry Roe (bearded,
in background), joins
others in a photo with
the three winners of
the 2017 Astronomical
Costume Contest, at
the Gemini South Base
Facility in La Serena.
Science Operations Specialist
Manuel Gomez explains features
of the Gemini South telescope to
a capacity crowd at the colegio
Maria Educa in La Serena.
Gemini South Starlab Operator
Dalma Valenzuela leads a
classroom workshop about
how to identify the most
popular constellations in the
night sky at the Carlos Condell
school in La Serena.
Fernanda Urrutia explains the
importance of women in science
and astronomy, during the Mateada
Astronómica “tea-time” at the Christ
School in La Serena.
January 2018
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