Possible first image of a yellow-star extrasolar planet

[prog]

Phil Plait reports on an unconfirmed image from a Hawaiian telescope that appears to show a planet in orbit around a remote yellow star. Whoa.

We've been discovering extrasolar planets for many years now, but unless I'm mistaken, we have yet to actually snap a discrete piccie of one. This would be hella cool.

Edit OK, was msitaken: we've shot a planet around a brown dwarf before. But yellow stars are more exciting.

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[radtea.livejournal.com]

Truly wonderful. If it really is a planet the large distance from the primary strongly suggests the presence of another super-giant in the system.

I remember when the possibility of imaging the disk of a star was considered to be moonshine. Now it's pretty routine. I fully expect that by the time I'm old and grey we'll be imaging the disks of extra-solar planets, probably using some huge-ass space-based interferometric array.

What a great time to be alive.

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

Dang, that's mind-boggling.

[rserocki.livejournal.com]

[prog.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

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[prog.livejournal.com]

Thank you.