Setting in the west will be the “summer” star family of Mānaiakalani. In the early evening, stargazers will be able to find two of the navigational star families, established by the Polynesian Voyaging Society these “super constellations” are important tools that are utilized by Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia.
To learn more about this research visit the press release here. “In this experiment, Gemini North provided a component within a suite of ground- and space-based facilities critical to the detection and characterization of atmospheric hazes.” “The Gemini observatories continue to deliver new insights into the nature of our planetary neighbors,” said Martin Still, Gemini Program Officer at the National Science Foundation. This observation not only helps explain the differing colors of the two worlds but also gives astronomers insight into the deeper atmospheres of these gaseous worlds which assists with the study of new gaseous exoplanets.
Why might that be?Įarlier this year, astronomers using the Gemini North Observatory, the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, and the Hubble Telescope tackled this question and determined that a layer of concentrated haze of aerosols that exists on both planets is much thicker on Uranus. Have you ever noticed that the planets Uranus and Neptune are two different distinctive shades of blue? The two gas giants are composed of many of the same materials and are essentially twins in their composition however, their atmospheres are distinctly different colors.
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