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''[[Galactica]]'' has an '''astrometrics''' area, which is equipped with [[w:Spectroscopy|spectroscopic]] instruments, as well as optical and x-ray telescopes. The instruments are used in [[FTL]] navigation to acquire star fixes for jump computations, and to search for celestial objects that could be used as resources to keep the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] supplied with necessary goods such as food and water.

Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] reports that the astrometrics team detected five planetary bodies within practical jump range with the potential to contain water when the ship and her charges are in danger from a water crisis ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").

Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] often uses astrometric resources (particularly spectroscopy) in his analysis of information garnered from the Fleet's encounters of waypoints to Earth, such as the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] and the [[Eye of Jupiter]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]", "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").

It is probable that astrometrics played a large role in the initial remote detection of a [[algae planet|planetary body]], located just outside a [[Passage (star cluster)|dangerous star cluster]] with food resources desperately needed by the Fleet during a food crisis ([[TRS]]: "[[The Passage]]").

==Notes==
*For more on the sciences behind the Re-imagined Series, see [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].

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