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Extra-solar Planet Imaged

Posted by michael on from the icu dept.

bdb111 writes "European astronomers have taken what may be the first picture of an extra-solar planet. The possible planet orbits a brown dwarf star 230 light years away."

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  1. In case of Slashdotting... by k4_pacific · · Score: 4, Funny
    Here's an ASCII approximation of the original phorograph:

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    1. Re:In case of Slashdotting... by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

      A more accurate ASCII approximation of the original photograph would be:

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  2. More Interesting... by Undefined+Parameter · · Score: 2, Funny

    It seems, from this image, linked from the ESO press release, that we've more than maybe seen the first planet out of our solar system with our own eyes.

    It looks like we've also confirmed that brown dwarfs are glowing, white stopsigns. Let's just hope that no one needs to build a space lane straight through our solar system with great-big bulldozer things.

    [/lame attempt at humor]

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