Tuesday, December 2, 2025

To Celebrate 25 Years In Service, The Gemini Observatory Imaged The Butterfly Nebula

The Butterfly Nebula dazzles the eye with its intricate interplay of form and colour. The Gemini South Observatory captured this image of the nebula from its perch on Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes. Students in Chile selected the nebula for Gemini to image as a celebration of its 25 years in service. Image Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South telescope to image NGC 6302 — a billowing planetary nebula that resembles a cosmic butterfly. The International Gemini Observatory is partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab.



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