Topic: Cool – Literally – Extrasolar Planet Imaged

[sam]

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/03/cool-literally-extrasolar-planet-imaged/

Yet another planet outside of our Solar System has been directly imaged, bumping the list up past ten. Given that the first visible light image of an extrasolar planet was taken a little more than a year ago, the list is growing pretty fast. The newest one, planet GJ 758 B is also the coolest directly imaged planet, measuring 600 degrees Kelvin, and it orbits a star that is much like our own Sun. GJ 758 B has a mass of between 10-40 times that of Jupiter, making it either a really big planet or a small brown dwarf.

bum.. another direct image why us radio folk are waiting for a new telescope to come along.

[Clive]

If only some of this money we are throwing at global warming could be used for something useful such as radio astronomy.  

[sam]

If only some of this money we are throwing at global warming could be used for something useful such as radio astronomy.  

well we are going to spend something like $2bn on the next big radio telescope.

[Rik]

You could use some of the £12bn wasted on the NHS IT system which is behind schedule, over budget and likely to be cut back or dropped...

[Simon]

We waste so much money, it's hardly surprising we're in financial ruin. 

[sam]

We waste so much money, it's hardly surprising we're in financial ruin. 

yep.. its cause idiots seem to get into positions of power everywhere.

[Rik]

We waste so much money, it's hardly surprising we're in financial ruin. 

And that's just me.

[Simon]