Cool!

[lillibet]

Especially for heliopsis!

Astronomers capture photo of extrasolar planet
'First directly imaged and confirmed companion to a sun-like star'

By Robert Roy Britt
SPACE.comexternal link
Friday, April 1, 2005 Posted: 1:40 PM EST (1840 GMT)

(SPACE.com) -- After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned.

The planet is thought to be one to two times as massive as Jupiter. It orbits a star similar to a young version of our sun.




full story at http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/01/extrasolar.planet.photo/index.html
thanks to hammercock for pointing this out!

Comments

[muffyjo]

OMG!

since I just learned that expression from plumtreeblossom's journal...

Someone's been posting in my browser...

[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

Seems muffyjo had been logged in on my computer, which I didn't realise until I saw my posting with her smiling face. So, to be clear:
-I am indeed excited at the thought of an actual picture of an actual planet orbiting another star
-No doubt muffyjo has been aware of terms like "OMG" for a long time, whereas I am a neophyte. As evidenced by my gaffe.

Re: Someone's been posting in my browser...

[muffyjo]

LOL! My own fault for not logging out. Sorry about that. And yes, I know about OMG. I also know about ROFL. ROFLMAO. TANSTAFL. TTYL. And a few other choice ones I will save for later.

:) The REAL Muffyjo