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Unfortunately the spectroscope on board MRO isn't capable of seeing these flows well enough to tell us what they're made of.
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Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2011
His profound intuition had to wait three centuries to be verified by the spectroscope.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2014
The planetary fragment at SDSS J1228 was found by examining the spectra of the star, or the breaking down of its light into constituent elements with a device called a spectroscope.
—John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2019
Similar in design to a telescope, the spectroscope worked like a super-powered prism, dispersing light into measurable wavelengths.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
The Webb will include a more advanced spectroscope capable of peering even deeper into time.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2018
But a bright yellow line seen through the spectroscope, initially thought to be an identifier of sodium, did not match the wavelength of sodium.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2017
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Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2011
His profound intuition had to wait three centuries to be verified by the spectroscope.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2014
The planetary fragment at SDSS J1228 was found by examining the spectra of the star, or the breaking down of its light into constituent elements with a device called a spectroscope.
—John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2019
Similar in design to a telescope, the spectroscope worked like a super-powered prism, dispersing light into measurable wavelengths.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
The Webb will include a more advanced spectroscope capable of peering even deeper into time.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2018
But a bright yellow line seen through the spectroscope, initially thought to be an identifier of sodium, did not match the wavelength of sodium.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2017
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“Spectroscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spectroscope. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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spectroscope
noun
spec·tro·scope
ˈspek-trə-ˌskōp 
: an instrument that produces spectra from or by the use of electromagnetic waves (as of light)
spectroscopy
noun
spek-ˈträs-kə-pē
Medical Definition
spectroscope
noun
spec·tro·scope
ˈspek-trə-ˌskōp
: an instrument for forming and examining optical spectra
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