1 Director’s Message
Jennifer Lotz
4 NGC 2071 -IR:
A Who-dunnit Mystery
Tom Geballe
7 Speckle Imaging Takes Gemini to Its
Diffraction Limit
Rachel Matson and Andy Stephens
10 Exoplanets Can’t Hide Their Secrets
from Innovative New Instrument
Gemini Press Release
13 Science Highlights
John Blakeslee
18 On the Horizon
Gemini staff contributions
22 News for Users
Gemini staff contributions
24 Papa ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i Kilohōkū
Alison Peck
ON THE COVER:
Gemini North / NIRI infrared image of NGC
2071-IR at the core of one of the nearest star-
forming clouds to the Sun. Two recently retired
Gemini staff members utilized Gemini North
to capture this tantalizing view, which is the
sharpest composite image of the region to
date. The story behind the image appears in
this issue starting on page 4.
GeminiFocus October 2019
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