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Another new planetary system imaged
From http://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693 and
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-tus120109.php. A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. |
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Another new planetary system imaged
Gordon Stangler wrote:
From http://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693 and http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-tus120109.php. A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b Or they may conclude from the broadcasts received that there is no intelligent life on Earth worth communicating with, and stay silent. could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. -- Mike Dworetsky (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply) |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 1:48*am, "Mike Dworetsky"
wrote: Gordon Stangler wrote: Fromhttp://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693and http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-tus120109.php. A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. *GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. *One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b Or they may conclude from the broadcasts received that there is no intelligent life on Earth worth communicating with, and stay silent. could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. -- Mike Dworetsky (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply) Although true, I am of the opinion that if they, much like us, received a series of non-random modulated signals they would be at least curious. After all, they/we have technology, so why not check it out? SETI scientists are still looking for a repeat of the Big Ear signal of 1977. We as a species have made terrific advances in every scientific field there is, with many of these advances being driven by curiosity, or our desire to discover. Technology directly derived from science can then be said to be a child of curiosity. If it holds true for us, why should we assume it is any different for other intelligent species? |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 7:21*am, Gordon Stangler wrote:
On Dec 5, 1:48*am, "Mike Dworetsky" wrote: Gordon Stangler wrote: Fromhttp://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693and http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-tus120109.php. A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. *GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. *One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b Or they may conclude from the broadcasts received that there is no intelligent life on Earth worth communicating with, and stay silent. could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. -- Mike Dworetsky (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply) Although true, I am of the opinion that if they, much like us, received a series of non-random modulated signals they would be at least curious. *After all, they/we have technology, so why not check it out? SETI scientists are still looking for a repeat of the Big Ear signal of 1977. *We as a species have made terrific advances in every scientific field there is, with many of these advances being driven by curiosity, or our desire to discover. *Technology directly derived from science can then be said to be a child of curiosity. If it holds true for us, why should we assume it is any different for other intelligent species? Don't tell anyone about the Sean DRILL or whatever use of laser cannons for transmitting terrific interstellar data packets. ~ BG |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 2:02*am, Gordon Stangler wrote:
Fromhttp://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693andhttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/pu-tus120109.php. A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. *GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. *One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. What sucks is, 51 years from now, they'll have to buy digital converters. |
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Another new planetary system imaged
Gordon Stangler wrote:
I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Is Kepler even looking at that direction? Kepler points only towards Cygnus, Lyra, & Draco constellations. Where is GL 578 located, constellation wise? Yousuf Khan |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 4:29*pm, Father Haskell wrote:
On Dec 5, 2:02*am, Gordon Stangler wrote: Fromhttp://aitj-co.com/gcsgz5/blog/?p=693andhttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub.... A new star system with planets, GL 578 b was directly imaged using the Hawaii based Subaru telescope, a Princeton news press blares. *GL 578 b is a star 51 light years away, with a slightly larger then Jupiter sized planet in a Jupiter sized orbit, leaving hope for Earth like planets orbiting the Sun-like star. I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Based on TV history, if there were aliens listening in on GL 578 b, they could be watching Captain Kangaroo, or the first re-runs of I Love Lucy. *One should note that the appearance of aliens at GL 578 b could be answered soon, for if they started broadcasting signals back at us when they started getting our signals, we could get their signals as early as 2029, 102 years after the first TV broadcasts. What sucks is, 51 years from now, they'll have to buy digital converters. that is a blessing is disguise.. I am sure they will have grown tired of our reality TV, and will change the damn channel. |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 5:57*pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Gordon Stangler wrote: I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. Is Kepler even looking at that direction? Kepler points only towards Cygnus, Lyra, & Draco constellations. Where is GL 578 located, constellation wise? * * * * Yousuf Khan It is also known as 45 Bootis. It is located at 15h 07m 17.95s, +24 degrees 52' 10.5". It is also called HR 5634, and HD 134083, if that helps. Looking at star maps, it is not that far off from Draco, Ursa Minor, and Ursa Major. Kepler may be able to see divert some attention that way. |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On Dec 5, 10:17*pm, Dan Birchall
wrote: (Yousuf Khan) wrote: *Gordon Stangler wrote: I imagine that Kepler will take a look at the system when it gets a chance. *After all, 51 light years is really just a hop, skip and jump from here. *Is Kepler even looking at that direction? Kepler points only towards *Cygnus, Lyra, & Draco constellations. Where is GL 578 located, *constellation wise? GJ 758 (oft mis-typed as GL 758) is in Lyra, according to Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GJ_758- but I'm not sure how many of the actual science targets for the project are. This is likely only the first of many announcements, since it was found during instrument engineering prior to the official start this October of the 5-year SEEDS (Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks) project. The target section of that project includes - see section 2 ofhttp://www.naoj.org/Science/SACM/Senryaku/SEEDSProposal070731submit.pdf - looking for planets around 100 stars within 100 light years of earth, as well as 236 more wthin 650 light years, and looking for protoplanetary disks around another 185 planets within 650 light years. I wasn't at the summit during either of the SEEDS engineering runs where they looked at GJ 758, but I'm the scope operator for the first seven nights of SEEDS (which totals 120 nights over 5 years) - three over Halloween weekend, and four more during Christmas week. *Seen some pretty trippy pictures on the observer consoles. *(Everything's in psychedelic rainbow false-color. *I'm hoping to do a lot more operating for the project over the years. -D -- djb@ | Dan Birchall, Night Operation Assistant, Subaru Telescope/NAOJ. naoj | Views I express are my own, certainly not those of my employer. .org | Oh wicked, bad, naughty, _evil_ Dan! *He is a _naughty_ person. Hi Dan, thanks for the info. I will update my blog. BTW, did you post this info to Fark.com? That's where I got my link from |
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Another new planetary system imaged
On 2009-12-06, Gordon Stangler wrote:
Looking at star maps, it is not that far off from Draco, Ursa Minor, and Ursa Major. Kepler may be able to see divert some attention that way. Kepler will be imaging the same section of sky for its lifetime. |
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