HKU Astrophysicist Awarded French Gemini Prize for Discovery of New Galactic Planetary Nebulae

Professor Quentin Parker, Director of the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) at The University of Hong Kong. He and his collaborators have been awarded the 2022 French Gemini Prize. Photo courtesy of the University of Hong Kong

Professor Quentin A. Parker, Director of the Laboratory for Space Research at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), along with four amateur astronomers, Pascal Le Dû, Thomas Petit, Lionel Mulato, and Olivier Garde, won the 2022 French Gemini Prize.

The Gemini Prize is created jointly by the Astronomical Society of France (SAF) and the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SF2A). The award is given to recognize remarkable professional-amateur collaboration in astronomy and related sciences.