Gemini Observatory Revisits Orion Nebula with Advanced Adaptive Optics System

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39743

January 9, 2013 - Space Ref
A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions due to the Earth's atmosphere. The photo, featuring an area on the outskirts of the famous Orion Nebula, illustrates the instrument's significant advancements over previous-generation AO systems.
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NASA Images Of The Week, Jan 13 (PHOTOS)

http://tinyurl.com/an58tlj

January 13, 2013 - Huffington Post Science

Cosmic 'bullets' slam Orion nebula in dazzling photo

http://tinyurl.com/a4fgoug

January 13, 2013 - NBC News
Astronomers have unveiled a spectacular new photo of cosmic "bullets" slicing through thick gas clouds at supersonic speeds in the famed Orion nebula.
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Next-Generation Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details to Light in Stellar Nursery

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126550

January 9, 2013 - National Science Foundation
A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions due to the Earth's atmosphere. The photo, featuring an area on the outskirts of the famous Orion Nebula, illustrates the instrument's significant advancements over previous-generation AO systems
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Event - Orion bullets shot in detail - Seven days: 4–10 January 2013

http://www.nature.com/news/seven-days-4-10-january-2013-1.12160

January 4-10, 2013 - Nature.com
The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been fitted with five lasers and three deformable mirrors, allowing astronomers to correct for atmospheric distortions over an exceptionally large field of view. On 9 January, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, California, astronomers unveiled the telescope’s ultra-sharp portrait of the ‘bullets’ of gas seen in the Orion Nebula. In the image, clumps of iron gas (blue) race through the nebula, leaving behind pillars of hot, glowing hydrogen gas (orange).

The Orion Bullets

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130110.html

January 10, 2013 - Astronomy Picture of the Day

Next-generation adaptive optics brings remarkable details to light in stellar nursery

http://tinyurl.com/av4gx5h

January 10, 2013 - Astronomy.com
A new image reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions due to Earth's atmosphere. The photo, featuring an area on the outskirts of the famous Orion Nebula, illustrates the instrument's significant advancements over previous-generation AO systems.
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Cosmic 'Bullets' Slam Orion Nebula in Dazzling Photo

http://tinyurl.com/ad6dzrs

January 11, 2013 - Space.com
Astronomers have unveiled a spectacular new photo of cosmic "bullets" slicing through thick gas clouds at supersonic speeds in the famed Orion nebula.
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Gemini telescope catches 'Orion's Bullets'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20968240

January 10, 2013 - BBC News
The picture, unveiled at the 221st American Astronomical Society meeting in the US, demonstrates the power of what is called adaptive optics.
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Gemini Observatory Revisits Orion Nebula with Advanced Adaptive Optics System

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39743

January 9, 2013 - SpaceRef
A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions due to the Earth's atmosphere. The photo, featuring an area on the outskirts of the famous Orion Nebula, illustrates the instrument's significant advancements over previous-generation AO systems.
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Orion bullets shot in detail (in Seven days: 4-10 January 2013)

http://tinyurl.com/ay6b995

January 9, 2013 - Nature News
The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been fitted with five lasers and three deformable mirrors, allowing astronomers to correct for atmospheric distortions over an exceptionally large field of view. On 9 January, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, California, astronomers unveiled the telescope’s ultra-sharp portrait of the ‘bullets’ of gas seen in the Orion Nebula...

Massive Belch From Neighboring Galaxy Catches Astronomers By Surprise

http://tinyurl.com/bgnjgcz

January 8, 2013 - redOrbit

'All-Clear' Asteroid Will Miss Earth in 2040

http://tinyurl.com/ab8y6zt

January 5, 2013 - Astrobiology Magazine
Using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have confirmed that the chance of asteroid 2011 AG5 impacting Earth in 2040 is no longer a significant risk -- prompting a collective sigh-of-relief. Previously, scientists estimated that the risk of this 140-meter-diameter (about the length of two American football fields) asteroid colliding with the Earth was as high as one in 500.
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