spectrograph

spec·tro·graph | \ ˈspek-t(r)ə-ˌgraf

Definition of spectrograph

: an instrument for dispersing radiation (such as electromagnetic radiation or sound waves) into a spectrum and recording or mapping the spectrum

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Recent Examples on the Web To get a better look at the system, the team used the European Southern Observatory's HARPS spectrograph in Chile. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "Could There Be Life Near These Two New Super-Earths?," 6 July 2020 The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, known as the HARPS spectrograph, detected two planets around Gliese 887. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Astronomers find super-Earths orbiting a star 11 light-years away," 25 June 2020 The Very Large Telescope based in Chile has a new and more powerful spectrograph named ESPRESSO, so astronomers decided to use it for more precise measurements of the planet. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Astronomers confirm Earth-size exoplanet around nearest star and maybe more," 4 June 2020 The echelle spectrograph for rocky exoplanets and stable spectroscopic observations (ESPRESSO) is an excellent tool to make these observations. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Fine structure constant may vary with space, constant in time," 28 Apr. 2020 More importantly, vastly improved new versions of instruments called spectrographs will allow far more sensitive searches for wobbles than those that were possible with the HARPS detector used by Dumusque and his colleagues. — Corey S. Powell, Scientific American, "The Hunt Is on for Alpha Centauri’s Planets," 5 Aug. 2019 Another light will then appear far overhead as the second stage of the Black Brant rocket fires, carrying an ultraviolet spectrograph 160 miles above northern Alaska. — Anchorage Daily News, "Stand by for takeoff: NASA rocket prepares to take off at Poker Flat range near Fairbanks," 25 Jan. 2020 These spectrographs are designed to pick up wobbles as slight as 10 centimeters per second. — Corey S. Powell, Scientific American, "The Hunt Is on for Alpha Centauri’s Planets," 5 Aug. 2019 Follow-up observations made by the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory, using the telescope's X-shooter spectrograph instrument, revealed the shape of the gas to resemble a ring or disk. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "What this giant evaporating planet tells us about Earth's future," 4 Dec. 2019

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