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Looking Directly at Extrasolar Planets

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flushing-out-the-noise dept.

D2Deek writes "Science Daily is reporting on a new device called an Optical Vortex Coronagraph that's been invented to directly image planets orbiting other stars by using a special lens that "spins out" the light from the star leaving only the reflected light from the planet." I just can't imagine trying to clean a lens shaped like a giant corkscrew.

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  1. Do not... by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do not look directly at extrasolar planets with remaining good eye.

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  2. Optical Vortex Coronagraph by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that anything like the Total Perspective Vortex ??

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  3. Re:Foo et al. by wiggles · · Score: 5, Funny

    He should open up a tavern at the university. He can call it the "foo bar"