GeminiFocus July, 2015 | Page 2

1 Director’s Message Markus Kissler-Patig 4 First Likely Planets in a Nearby Circumbinary Disk Valerie Rapson 8 Science Highlights Nancy A. Levenson 11 News for Users Gemini staff contributions 6 On the Horizon 1 Gemini staff contributions 21 Seeing Where Stars Collide Gemini Public Image Release ON THE COVER: GeminiFocus July 2015 Gemini Observatory near-infrared image of the globular cluster Liller 1 obtained with the GeMS adaptive optics system on the Gemini South telescope in Chile. GeminiFocus is a quarterly publication of the Gemini Observatory 670 N. A‘ohoku Place, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720, USA Phone: (808) 974-2500 Fax: (808) 974-2589 Online viewing address: www.gemini.edu/geminifocus Managing Editor: Peter Michaud Science Editor: Nancy A. Levenson Associate Editor: Stephen James O’Meara Designer: Eve Furchgott/Blue Heron Multimedia Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Gemini partnership. ii GeminiFocus July 2015