Gemini South
Gemini South is an observatory in Río Hurtado, Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region. Gemini South is situated nearby to the peak Cerro Pachón, as well as near the observatory SOAR.- Type: Observatory
- Description: southern hemisphere facility of the Gemini Observatory
- Also known as: “Gemini South Observatory”, “Gemini South telescope”, and “GeMS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cerro Pachón and Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
Cerro Pachón
Peak
Photo: Puzhok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cerro Pachón is a mountain in central Chile, located east of the city of La Serena in the Coquimbo Region. The mountain is seismically active, with a magnitude 5.6 earthquake impacting the summit on April 30, 2012.
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Building
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, is an astronomical observatory in Coquimbo Region, Chile. Its main task is to conduct an astronomical survey of the southern sky every few nights, creating a ten-year time-lapse record, termed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Vera C. Rubin Observatory is situated 1¼ km west of Gemini South.
Gemini South
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Río Hurtado, Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-30.2407° or 30° 14′ 27″ southLongitude
-70.73655° or 70° 44′ 12″ westOpen location code
47XFQ757+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 136184867OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q19673584
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Italian—“Gemini South” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “observatori Gemini South”
- French: “observatoire Gemini South”
- French: “Observatoire Gemini South”
- Italian: “osservatorio Gemini South”
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