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Submitted by keithloh on Thu, 2010-07-01 16:55.

alien-planet-photo
This is the first actual photo of an alien planet taken by the Gemini Observatory. 1RXS J160929.1-210524 is identified as a planet "only about eight times the mass of Jupiter".

Previously, planets were confirmed through other data that inferred the existence of them. But this is the first direct image of a planet using the observatory's "high-resolution adaptive optics technology". I don't know what that is but I don't think you can get it at BHPhoto. The photo was actually taken in 2008 but only now was it confirmed as an actual planet.

Want to get there? Book your flight now. It's "500 light-years away in a group of young stars called the Upper Scorpius association". Is that enough for your travel agent?


Posted in Submitted by keithloh on Thu, 2010-07-01 16:55.
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