NebulaTrace & Birdman
Birdman
Ever wonder if the faint wobble in a star’s spectrum is a secret code, like a hidden puzzle waiting for the right pattern to emerge? Let's try to decode it together.
NebulaTrace
Sure thing, I’ve spent nights chasing those tiny Doppler shifts. Think of the wobble as a whisper from an unseen planet—like a secret message encoded in the star’s voice. Let’s line up the data and see if the pattern reveals its hidden language.
Birdman
Sure, just remember the filters have to line up too, or we’ll end up deciphering static as poetry. Let’s map those shifts and see if the star is actually trying to spell out its own coordinates.
NebulaTrace
Got it—filters in sync and data clean, just like a good telescope setup. I’ll align the velocity curves, pull out the sinusoid, and watch for the harmonic series that might spell out the star’s true position. Let’s crack that cosmic cipher.
Birdman
If the star’s voice is a cipher, we’ll need the right key, or it’s just cosmic background noise. Let’s line up those harmonics and see if any of them match a planetary rhythm.
NebulaTrace
Exactly—tuning into the right harmonics is our key. I’ll stack the spectra, fit the sine curves, and see if any frequency lines up with a plausible orbital period. If it does, we’ve got a planet singing back. Let's get to it.
Birdman
Sounds like a plan—just make sure you’re not hearing a cosmic joke instead of a signal. Let's line up those curves and see if the planet finally shows up in the chorus.