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The StS initiative is offered by a team at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Session Date and Time: March 19 | 7 PM Hawai'i Standard Time | 10 PM Pacific March 20 | 5 AM UT *Note: StS Zoom sessions will be recorded and the recordings will be posted online. The observing team will be using the Gemini North telescope located near the summit of Maunakea on the island of Hawai`i, with the observations taking place remotely from the control room in the Hilo Base Facility. As opposed to “classical” observing nights that have been featured in many previous StS sessions, Gemini Observatory utilizes queue observing mode in which Gemini staff take observations on behalf of science teams from all over the world. On any given night, Gemini staff determine the conditions on the ground and in the sky and the scientific priorities and choose from a pool of scientific programs to observe. This means anything could be observed on any night! The instruments available to the science team during this session include the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS), the Gemini Near InfraRed Spectrograph (GNIRS), and MAROON-X, which is an instrument built by a team at the University of Chicago that is capable of detecting Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of low mass nearby stars. Observations in the infrared can be assisted by our ALTtitude conjugate Adaptive optics for the InfraRed (ALTAIR) adaptive optics system, which reduces the blur due to turbulence in the atmosphere. Come along for this cosmic adventure as we explore the universe and share its wonders!