This image shows the faint star WASP-3 (magnitude 10.5 or about 60 times fainter than can be seen with the unaided eye) in the centre of the image, made using the 90-cm telescope of the University Observatory Jena. The star is enlarged with better sensitivity and resolution in the inlay in the lower left. WASP-3 is at a distance of 700 light years and is located in the constellation Lyra. North is up, east to the left. The large image is a composite of three images taken using different filters (blue, visual and red) and the small inlay only uses a red filter. (Credit: Gracan Maciejewski, Dinko Dimitrov, Ralph Neuhäuser, Andrzej Niedzielski et al.)
1 posted on
07/12/2010 6:29:49 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; garbageseeker; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
I think this may be repeat, but I'm posting and pinging anyway, and will just keep a look out for the torches of the angry townspeople.
2 posted on
07/12/2010 6:30:53 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
Good. I want off this “One World” Communist government-run rock NOW.
To: SunkenCiv
4 posted on
07/12/2010 6:35:29 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Elderberry; ColdOne; Tolkien; FreedomPoster; FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; ..
2020 is when we find a earth like planet... I'm also thinking it is going to be in Alpha Centauri.. I'm also thinking that in 2070 we have some kind FTL technology or close to it..
5 posted on
07/12/2010 6:37:17 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(The meek shall inherit the Earth... the rest of us will take the stars!)
To: SunkenCiv
If these new planets or Earths do not have an islamic crescent emblazoned on it, obamarama will insure the funding will be cut from the program.
7 posted on
07/12/2010 6:57:19 PM PDT by
WesternPacific
(Deafness has its Advantages)
To: SunkenCiv
This is interesting, and, we would be rewarded perhaps even more if we would look for more rare earth’s on this planet.
8 posted on
07/12/2010 7:06:08 PM PDT by
givemELL
(Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
To: SunkenCiv
Prospects for Finding New Earths Boosted by Brand New Planet-Finding Technique
11 posted on
07/12/2010 8:26:16 PM PDT by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: SunkenCiv
Why find a human habitable planet that cannot be reached from Earth in one person’s lifespan? Is that worth 50 Billion bucks when businesses are dying and people are begging for alms?
12 posted on
07/12/2010 8:55:51 PM PDT by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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