Gemini telescope

The Gemini Observatory consists of twin 8-meter optical/infrared telescopes located at two dark sites. Together these telescopes can access the entire sky. The Gemini South Telescope is located at almost 9,000' elevation on a mountain in the Chilean Andes called Cerro Pachn. Cerro Pachn shares resources with the adjacent SOAR Telescope and the nearby telescopes of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The Gemini North Telescope is located on Hawaii's Mauna Kea as part of the international community of observatories that have been built to take advantage of the superb atmospheric conditions on this long dormant volcano that rises almost 14,000' into the dry, stable air of the Pacific Ocean. The Gemini Observatory's international headquarters is located in Hilo, Hawaii at the University of Hawaii at Hilo's University Park.