View Full Version here: : NASA announcement re: exo planet/ Keplar
jmcgowan
23-07-2015, 10:07 PM
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-hosts-media-teleconference-to-announce-latest-kepler-discoveries
jmcgowan
24-07-2015, 06:02 AM
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth
tileys
24-07-2015, 10:11 AM
I read the article on smh and then the linked Nasa one and still can't find info on the star it's orbiting ?
Daft question: Is this single star at 1400 light years away likely to be visible using an 8" Newt ? ;) I'd like to have a look if possible - see if I can see the little green men waving back...
<edit - due to the size and likely luminosity of the star it would be mag 6 at about 50-60 light years so certainly not even remotely visible with the naked eye but presumably (rough calc = 23x ?) visible with an amateur scope if you know what you're looking for - Nasa have it at RA 19h44m00.89s DEC +44d16m39.2s.>
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