New visible planet discovered

[notaclue]

k and B star has been discovered and the news has just been released. 1,700LY away it is visible from earth.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/11/19/newly_discovered_planet_kappa_andromedae_b_seen_in_picture_of_nearby_star.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/bad_astronomy/2012/11/exoplanet_pictures_astronomers_have_photos_of_alien_planets.html

So good news. The used the Subaru telescope in Hawaii to image it over a few years and have brought out the images of the new planet. By blanking out the star itself they got to see a planet that orbits Formalhaut star in our own galactic neighbourhood.

I think this is a good find myself.

[JamesF]

Well I'm impressed

James

[sologuitarist61]

Clever stuff !!

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Mind = blown.

Also, i'm now officially a geek, since when i read about the mass i raised my eyebrows and thought "but that's about the mass where..." then i read the line after about him raising his eyebrows... Lol

[JamesF]

Also, i'm now officially a geek, since when i read about the mass i raised my eyebrows and thought "but that's about the mass where..." then i read the line after about him raising his eyebrows... Lol

Yes, the same thought occurred to me

James

[Chris]

I think mind blowing is definately the word! My undergrad project was Exoplanet detection based, so this news really does it for me!

[goolosh]

Just a note, the article says 170 LY not 1700, so its actually really close to us (relatively speaking of course).

[paul schofield]

Great stuff, I just knew there was another planet out there ha somewhere. Great find.

[symesie04]

Thats really interesting. I suspect the incredibly young age of both star (and therefore assume0 planet will have astro physicists pouring over data. It may provide some fascinating insight into the formation of our own system. His link to previously imaged planets was also interesting, have to be honest and say i didnt realise any images of exoplanets had been captured as of yet.