see a day in the life of rhaana starling and phil evans: two gamma ray burst hunters at the university of leicester (pronounced "lestah" - why??). not all astronomers have their cell phones announce when cool events happen in space, but its fun when to know some who do!
Leice- is pronounced 'less"
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-ster is pronounced 'stuh'.
Put the two together and you get
less-stuh.
How else would you pronounce the word?
Have you tried 'Edinburgh' yet?
;o)
(There's a Leicester in Vermont and another in Massachusetts - wonder how they pronounce their name?)
what are some of the technologys an astrophysisist uses at their job
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