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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 GeminiFocus is a quarterly publication of 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.