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4-inch Telescope Finds New Planet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

serutan writes "After a backyard astronomy size telescope first tracked the periodic dimming of a star 500 light-years away, the Keck I telescope in Hawaii later confirmed that a Jupiter-size planet orbits the star. A press release from Harvard gives details. This is the first result of the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, a project using small telescopes and cheap equipment to search for extrasolar planets. "

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  1. Heh. by Black+Parrot · · Score: -1, Redundant


    I always said size didn't matter, but 4" ???

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  2. Not the size... by iamdrscience · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not the size of the telescope that matters, it's where you point it.

    (it's a sex joke, do you see?)

  3. Oh jeez . . . by UnknowingFool · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Begin a Beowulf cluster of 4" jokes . . .

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  4. Accomplishments... by Sandman69 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Obviously 4 Inches is more than enough, provided you use it properly!