Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership

国际双子座合作组织是一个政府间联盟，旨在建造和运营两台8米光学/红外望远镜，一台在智利，另一台在夏威夷。澳大利亚于1998年5月加入IGP，占该伙伴关系的约5%。双子座望远镜经过精心设计，利用了这两个地点极好的大气条件，允许用户以以前不可能的方式解决关键的天文问题。通过双子座的会员资格，澳大利亚天文学家可以使用世界一流的设施，以保持他们在银河和河外天文学方面的国际知名度和公众知名度，并提高国家的能力

The International Gemini Partnership is an intergovernmental consortium formed to build and operate two 8-metre optical/infrared telescopes, one in Chile and the other in Hawaii. Australia joined the IGP in May 1998, taking approximately 5% of the partnership. The Gemini telescopes have been carefully engineered to exploit the superb atmospheric conditions at both sites, allowing users to address key astronomical problems in ways not previously possible. Through membership of Gemini, Australian astronomers have access to the world-class facilities necessary to maintain their high international profile and the great public visibility in Galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and also to enhance the national capacity to construct advanced scientific instrumentation. Australia is currently building one of the instruments. Note: in A7.1 GAMS incorrectly forces integer days/month. In full operation Australian astronomers will receive approximately 25 nights per year.