* Astronomy

 The FLOYDS spectrograph sees first light at FTS, and types its first supernova

The first Folded Low Order whYte-pupil Double-dispersed Spectrograph (FLOYDS, for short) was commissioned at Faulkes Telescope South (FTS) at Siding Spring Observatory during the first two weeks of May, and first light was achieved on May 7th. FLOYDS is a spectrograph, which means that it does more than take a picture, it splits incoming light into it constituent wavelengths (just like a prism splits light into the colors of the rainbow; in fact, FLOYDS uses a prism!) so that the astronomer can get a more detailed view of the make-up and physics of the target.
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