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Astronomers wave big thermometer at universe

The world's largest thermometer has just entered active service. This isn't a cue for all sorts of "ooh, Matron" remarks, since the thermometer in question is taking the temperature of billion-year-old clouds of gas, way "out there" in the universe. the Galactic HII region RCW 120 in the visible and in the submillimetre And …

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Huge thermometer near Uranus

Hope its not too cold!

Dillon Pyron

Those Chileans!

Those people are stealing all the glory from Hawai'i!

Of course, it you're going to visit an observatory, which would you choose?

Aubry Thonon

Cold

"...the Universe has extremely cold temperatures of around -250°C..."

"...the camera needs to be kept extremely cold: less than 0.3°C above absolute zero."

"...5,100 metre altitude..."

<shivers> It all sounds a little Chile to me.

Coat, door, now.

Jon Tocker

Aubry

You shouldn't have even paused to grab your coat after that...

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

@Those Chileans!

Dillon - you're right, I'd visit Chile any time!

MikeC

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

@MikeC

Mike - If you wait long enough you can wave that big thermometer

at Uranus and Chile at the same time.

hat, coat, already on

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