Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Planet Discovered Using Telephoto Camera Lenses
"The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) reports the discovery of an extra-solar planet called XO-1b, which orbits a dim star in Corona Borealis every 4 days. To find it, the brightness of several thousand stars were regularly scanned using two mini-telescopes in Hawaii. This equipment was built using commercial hardware: two digital cameras, attached to telephoto camera lenses on a robotic equatorial mount. A team of amateur astronomers helped with their own equipment to discard or confirm dozens of suspected transits."
source:http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/21/0552222
source:http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/21/0552222
# posted by dark master : 5/24/2006 11:55:00 AM
