1 Director’s Message
Markus Kissler-Patig
3 Blue Binaries Suggest a Smooth
Migration for Young Neptune
Wes Fraser
8 Striking Gemini Images Point Juno
Spacecraft Toward Discovery
Peter Michaud
12 Science Highlights
Peter Michaud
15 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
19 News for Users
Gemini staff contributions
23 Gemini Assistant Scientist Awarded
the 2017 Carl Sagan Medal
Gemini staff contribution
GeminiFocus July 2017
ON THE COVER:
Gemini North
NIRI images of
Jupiter in support
of the JPL/NASA
Juno mission to
explore the planet’s
atmosphere. For
more details on
these images see
the story starting
on page 8.
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