1 Director’s Message
Kissler-Patig
Markus
3 Gemini Helps Confirm First Earth-sized Planet in the Habitable Zone
of a Star
Elisa Quintana, Steve Howell, Tom Barclay, and Jason F. Rowe
8 Science Highlights
Nancy A. Levenson
11 Instrumentation Development
Stephen Goodsell, André-Nicolas Chené, and Scot Kleinman
ON THE COVER:
Gemini’s assistant
scientist, AndréNicolas Chené,
delights the
kindergarten class
at Hilo Union
School as he shares
the student’s
drawings of Jupiter
with the class.
16 Operations Corner
Andy Adamson
20 Creating the Cosmos
Lynette Cook
25 Gemini’s Journey Through the Universe Reaches a Giant Milestone
28 AstroDay Chile 2014
GeminiFocus April 2014
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