Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership

国际双子座伙伴关系是一个政府间联合体，目的是建造和操作两个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，占伙伴关系的约5%。双子座望远镜经过精心设计，利用两个地点的极好大气条件，使用户能够以以前不可能的方式解决关键的天文问题。通过成为双子座天文台的成员，澳大利亚天文学家可以利用必要的世界级设施，以保持其在银河系和河外天文学方面的高国际知名度和高公众知名度，并提高国家能力， 建设先进的科学仪器。澳大利亚目前正在建造其中一个仪器。 注：在A7.1中，GAMS错误地强制整数天/月。在全面运作中，澳大利亚天文学家每年将获得大约25个夜晚。

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.