Elodie
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The Elodie spectrograph covered with its thermal insulation
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A high-resolution échelle spectrograph in operation at the Haute-Provence Observatory and used in the detection of the first extrasolar planet, 51 Pegasi. It is fed by a fiber-optic bundle from the Cassegrain focus of the Observatory's 1.93-meter telescope. An improved version of Elodie, known as Coralie, is in operation in the southern hemisphere.
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