First picture of a planet outside of our solar system

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:03 pm

Cool stuff.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0 ... t_pic.html

Post by **Deji** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:12 pm

I saw it with my binoculars.

Post by **rep** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:24 pm

The star it's orbiting is called GQ Lupi... Not to be confused with it's brother star, Stud Barleson.

Post by **R00k** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:30 pm

The star, GQ Lupi, has been observed by a team of European astronomers since 1999. They have made three images using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile.

This almost seems too funny to NOT be an april fools joke. :lol:

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:32 pm

hey have made three images using the Very Large Telescope (VLT)

LOL

Post by **losCHUNK** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:48 pm

well thats pretty nifty

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:58 pm

Space.com doesn't do April fool's shit. At least I don't think so.

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:11 pm

I first saw it on cnn.com.

Post by **signa** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:13 pm

that picture sucks, looks like it was taken from a cellphone camera. they should use a better camera.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:15 pm

signa wrote:that picture sucks, looks like it was taken from a cellphone camera. they should use a better camera.

It's pretty damn good, actually.

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:17 pm

esp for 400 light years away

Post by **signa** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:19 pm

I demand better. :icon33:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:19 pm

You two are fucking stupid.

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:20 pm

which two?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:21 pm

You're stupid #1

Post by **arak0r** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:21 pm

the names they have for the telescopes are quite ridiculous tho, they have an ELT as well (extremely large telescope)

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:23 pm

signa wrote:I demand better. :icon33:

Soon enough.

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:27 pm

Kracus wrote:You're stupid #1

I guess you think this is an April Fool's joke?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:50 pm

I think it's funny, the fact that today happens to be april first makes it a funny coincidence.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:51 pm

signa wrote:that picture sucks, looks like it was taken from a cellphone camera. they should use a better camera.

Anyone that took this post seriously deserves to be laughed at, end of story.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:52 pm

It is after all the day you laugh at gullible people isn't it?

Post by **Fender** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:35 am

Kracus wrote:I think it's funny, the fact that today happens to be april first makes it a funny coincidence.

At least you didn't say ironic.

Post by **rep** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:46 am

Massive Quasars wrote:
signa wrote:I demand better. :icon33:
Soon enough.

As soon as nanites take center stage, we'll have 900PHz computers, 100TP personal digital cameras that are just as good as a microscope but take perfectly sharp 3D images, and everything gets to be so fast that no one cares anymore.