The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.
David Lee Summers and the NEID spectrograph
A couple of weeks ago I made a post about exo planets. My blogger friend and Astronomer David Lee Summers stopped by and mentioned that investigating exo planets was his day job. He is working with the NASA-funded NEID spectrometer. He also happens to be an author of several science fiction books and scifi-horror books. Below is the front cover of one of his books. This is a reblog of one of his posts regarding NEID spectrometer. Head over there and check it out.
Portion of the NASA funded spectroscope that David works with. Above is an image of the NEID fiber feed (Port Adaptor) mounted on the WIYN telescope obtained during commissioning of the instrument. The Port Adaptor feeds light from the telescope to the NEID instrument, which is located on another floor of the building, below the telescope.
My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.View all posts by thomasstigwikman
6 thoughts on “David Lee Summers and the NEID spectrograph”
Thanks for sharing my post and likewise sharing about The Astronomer’s Crypt. In the novel I get to peer into the spooky side of astronomy!
I agree. One of your blogger friends and author of 12 books turns out to be an astronomer examining exo planets. That is pretty exciting. Thank you Dawn.
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Thanks for sharing my post and likewise sharing about The Astronomer’s Crypt. In the novel I get to peer into the spooky side of astronomy!
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I will write a review for it once I am done reading it. I am looking forward to reading it.
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Thank you. I look forward to seeing what you think about it.
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Thank you David. I am looking forward to reading it.
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How exciting!
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I agree. One of your blogger friends and author of 12 books turns out to be an astronomer examining exo planets. That is pretty exciting. Thank you Dawn.
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