strange objects found lying around
In an effort to preserve the sanity of my colleagues and students, and in honour of late night reruns of "Clean House", I am currently recycling or throwing out something every time I exit the office.
This leads to interesting and amusing and gratifying discoveries, and also some strange obscure objects in the piles.
So, why was intensely interested in E1615+061 at some point in the not too distant past...?
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