The Gemini Observatory comprises two 8.1-metre (26.6 ft) telescopes, Gemini North and Gemini South, situated in Hawaii and Chile, respectively. These twin telescopes offer extensive coverage of the northern and southern skies and rank among the most advanced optical/infrared telescopes available to astronomers. (See List of largest optical reflecting telescopes).
Gemini North in Hawaii and Gemini South in Chile
Image: Gemini Observatory at sunset
Gemini North on the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea
Gemini South, on Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes
National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about $9.9 billion, the NSF funds approximately 25% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics, and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.
National Science Foundation's former headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia; in 2017, the foundation relocated to Alexandria, Virginia
A grant proposal which the National Science Foundation chose to fund