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 Science Highlights
John Blakeslee
14 A Galactic Dance
Gemini Press Release
16 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
GeminiFocus January 2020
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20 News for Users
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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 14.
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF’s National
Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research
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