Seminar: Jean-Rene Roy from Gemini, August 8, 11am

Title: Traffic at the Galactic Center and the nature of IRS-8

Summary: I will give an overview of some of the science results from
the 2000 Adaptive Optics imaging of the Galactic Center with Gemini
North/Hokupa'a.  I will review recent results of Galactic Center
research that highlight the unique power of adaptive optics to explore
this region of our Galaxy.  I complete my talk by presenting adaptive
optics near infrared spectroscopy of the bow shock/stellar source
IRS-8 and discuss its relation to the central young massive star
clusters right at the Galactic Center.  For dessert, I will give an
update on the status of the Laser Guide Star AO system at Gemini
North.