How Cool! What Star are you?

[acey]

I'm not the oldest but I'm possibly the most senile - I just realised that I'm not Iota U Maj (47.74 ly) after all - I'm a mere Rasalhague (46.7). Yippee!

[ngc2403]

gliese 581 for me in February there, strange to think that the light was emitted when i was born but on a side note how weird would it be if intelligent life had been looking back at our sun, thinking the same thing?

[acey]

That star apparently has at least 3 planets so you never know...

[Ant]

Thats Ok.

I'll join the two threads together, so feel free to keep it going.

Ant

Now I'm confused, what other thread ? :withstupid:

There was two threads with the same subject - I've joined them together (they are now one) which is why my post makes no sense (well one of the reasons that my posts make no sense).

Ant

[Astrosurf]

From atlasoftheuniverse.com there are a few at 45ly so I thought I'd choose 26 Draconis as I collect dragons!

Here's a bit of info I got off Google:

The outermost "planets" of the Alpha Centauri and 26 Draconis trinary star systems have evolved into the small M class stars, Proxima Centauri and 26 Draconis C respectively.

There is no astronomical technique to directly measure the mass of these small M class stars because their separation from the large binary pair is so far and the resulting orbital motion so slow. Even orbital rotation of 26 Draconis C is in question. Orbital rotation would take millions of years, and the time to observe a complete rotation may not occur during the course of human evolution.

Planets h and i (of the Alpha Centauri and 26 Draconis A stars) are quite massive, and are probably cloud covered. A significant greenhouse effect, caused by these planet's thick atmospheres, will warm these planet's surfaces, rendering life unlikely. Only Planet i of the 26 Draconis A star (or its satellites) has a possibility of supporting life, depending on its atmosphere. Two planets, and their satellites, are likely in the "liquid water zone" of this solar system

[Jonileth]

I tried this and got some lame A##E thread saying andromeda spiral is known as M31 because its 31 million light years away WTF? i guess they haven't heard of messiers catalogue their then? :scratch:

Jonileth