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IMG_9559.JPG - The computer engineer exchanging a spectometer part. He and my husband bonded when my husband asked, "Where are the computers?" He replied eagerly, adding, "we run on Linux."  The telescope takes 340 million megapixel pictures, requiring significant computing power, duo-opteron CPU and the data is sent to Cambridge and stored there.

The computer engineer exchanging a spectometer part. He and my husband bonded when my husband asked, "Where are the computers?" He replied eagerly, adding, "we run on Linux." The telescope takes 340 million megapixel pictures, requiring significant computing power, duo-opteron CPU and the data is sent to Cambridge and stored there.
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