Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership

澳大利亚是国际双子座伙伴关系的成员。国际双子座伙伴关系是一个政府间联合体，旨在建造和运营两个8米光学/红外望远镜，一个在智利，另一个在夏威夷。澳大利亚于1998年5月加入IGP，约占该伙伴关系的5%。双子座望远镜经过精心设计，以利用这两个地点的优越大气条件，使用户能够以前所未有的方式解决关键的天文问题。通过成为双子座成员，澳大利亚天文学家可以获得必要的世界级设施，以保持其在银河系和银河系外天文学方面的高国际知名度和巨大的公众能见度，并提高建造先进科学仪器的国家能力。澳大利亚已经赢得了建造其中一台仪器的合同。

Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership. The International Gemini Partnership is an intergovernmental consortium formed to construct 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 great public visibility in Galactic and extragalactic astronomy, and also to enhance the national capacity to construct advanced scientific instrumentation. Australia has already won a contract to build one of the instruments.