Students in Australia from Years 5 - 12 have a chance to use an hour of observing time on one of the world's largest optical telescopes, the 8-metre Gemini South telescope in the Andes Mountains of Chile.

How? By picking an object in the Southern sky and writing a winning explanation of why it would be interesting to digitally photograph.  Entries close May 10, 2013.

For more information, visit the Australian Gemini Office