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"The team used a state-of-the art spectrograph called ESPRESSO" And suddenly i am imagining lots of very smart people drinking lots of caffeine. "To find the
by b3lvedere 5y ago
"The team used a state-of-the art spectrograph called ESPRESSO"
And suddenly i am imagining lots of very smart people drinking lots of caffeine.
"To find the wobble.."
this is not helping :)
"ESPRESSO is kept in a special room at the observatory, inside a tank "
oh come on ..
- enkrs 5y agoAstronomers go to great lengths to name their stuff for good abbreviations. ESPRESSO is actually “Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations”
- strogonoff 5y agoAstronomers are known to backronymise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE