First direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away.

dlamberth · Nov 7, 2023

You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun.

First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope

dlamberth · Nov 7, 2023

dlamberth said:
You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun.

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First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope

The 3rd planet is flat. I can see it from here.

The IbanezerScrooge · Nov 7, 2023

That is amazingly fantastic.

Bradskii · Nov 8, 2023

Incredible.

Neogaia777 · Nov 9, 2023

I hope we can both find a way, and find one that we can colonize one day.

God Bless.

Offline4Better. · Nov 11, 2023

dlamberth said:
You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun.

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First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope

That is pretty cool.

Exoplanets are so cool, as I learned about them back in 2010 during the summer before 5th grade by reading the Astronomy periodical. Gliese 581c was my favorite exoplanet as a kid. Nowadays, periodicals are filled with too many ads.

Finally, images of exoplanets by a sun-like star are here. Man, we could make some cool sci-fi plots about humans visiting exoplanets in the year A.D 2500 or something.

Shemjaza · Nov 12, 2023

Neogaia777 said:
I hope we can both find a way, and find one that we can colonize one day.

God Bless.

Is one of me deepest hopes that humanity eventually will directly explore the cosmos.

Offline4Better. · Nov 12, 2023

Shemjaza said:
Is one of me deepest hopes that humanity eventually will directly explore the cosmos.

Same here. But I can barely trust humanity with protecting our climate. Imagine if humans trash Mars or something. I'd trust grey aliens, if they exist to explore their own planetary system and our universe over humans at this point.

Reasonably Sane · Nov 12, 2023

dlamberth said:
You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun.

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First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope

Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. I don't believe this is what they say it is. I could be convinced it is, but until then... BTW, If one of the gas giants is 14 times the mass of Jupiter, that suggests that eventually this will be a binary star.

Offline4Better. · Nov 12, 2023

Reasonably Sane said:
Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. I don't believe this is what they say it is. I could be convinced it is, but until then... BTW, If one of the gas giants is 14 times the mass of Jupiter, that suggests that eventually this will be a binary star.

Or, the largest gas giant could be a brown dwarf. But I do believe these are exoplanets.

Reasonably Sane · Nov 12, 2023

AlexB23 said:
Or, the largest gas giant could be a brown dwarf. But I do believe these are exoplanets.

I would need to know what technology allowed them to get such a clear picture from such a great distance to believe this picture is of what they claim it is. I'm not buying it - yet - especially from an earth bound telescope.

dlamberth · Nov 12, 2023

Reasonably Sane said:
I would need to know what technology allowed them to get such a clear picture from such a great distance to believe this picture is of what they claim it is. I'm not buying it - yet - especially from an earth bound telescope.

The technology is explained at the end of the article. Basically, telescopes from around the globe have been strapped together to form an Earth size telescope.

Offline4Better. · Nov 12, 2023

Reasonably Sane said:
I would need to know what technology allowed them to get such a clear picture from such a great distance to believe this picture is of what they claim it is. I'm not buying it - yet - especially from an earth bound telescope.

Dlamberth explained it well. Linking telescopes together.

Shemjaza · Nov 12, 2023

AlexB23 said:
Same here. But I can barely trust humanity with protecting our climate. Imagine if humans trash Mars or something. I'd trust grey aliens, if they exist to explore their own planetary system and our universe over humans at this point.

I believe we can be better... just might take a while.

sjastro · Nov 12, 2023

Let's put this image in perspective.
The image does not reveal the star and planets as disks.
The disk like appearance is due to overexposure on the detector.
VLT has been able to resolve the system into separate components which smaller aperture telescope would not be able to accomplish.

Only a handful of stars have been resolved where they are not point like sources.

List of stars with resolved images - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Offline4Better. · Nov 12, 2023

Shemjaza said:
I believe we can be better... just might take a while.

Same here, but the grey aliens are better. JK

Chesterton · Nov 13, 2023

The IbanezerScrooge said:
That is amazingly fantastic.

Bradskii said:
Incredible.

The first part of this post will be pedantic and a bit disingenuous, but the second part will be ingenuous. You say the image is "fantastic" which means the stuff of fantasy, and "incredible" which means not to be believed. You're both saying you don't believe the image is real.

I suspect what you're actually saying is that the image is "very cool". My sincere question is why is this image cool? A single cell of a blade of grass here on Earth is infinitely much cooler.

Neogaia777 said:
I hope we can both find a way, and find one that we can colonize one day.

God Bless.

Really? We're currently having to fight a war against the Muslim colonizers of Palestine, and you want to do more colonizing? Probably a bad idea.

Reasonably Sane · Nov 13, 2023

Chesterton said:
The first part of this post will be pedantic and a bit disingenuous, but the second part will be ingenuous. You say the image is "fantastic" which means the stuff of fantasy, and "incredible" which means not to be believed. You're both saying you don't believe the image is real.

I suspect what you're actually saying is that the image is "very cool". My sincere question is why is this image cool? A single cell of a blade of grass here on Earth is infinitely much cooler.

Really? We're currently having to fight a war against the Muslim colonizers of Palestine, and you want to do more colonizing? Probably a bad idea.

Regarding your last comment, my wife just read to me what William Shatner said after disembarking from the spacecraft that took him to space. In an interesting way, it's quite inspiring and share's my perspective as it has changed over the decades (he's just a little older than me).

“Oh my God. it’s indescribable, To see the blue color [of the atmosphere] shoot by like that. Down there is mother, comfort - and up there is death. Is that what death is? It is so moving. I never expected it. There’s beauty of the blue. It’s so thin. You’re going close to 2,000 mph, and through like 50 miles of it in an instant. And then you’re into black. It’s mysterious, and you know there are galaxies and such up there, but all you see is that black. And down below is light. [Jeff], what you’ve given me is the most profound experience I can imagine. I’m so filled with emotion. It’s extraordinary. I hope I never recover from this, maintain what I feel now. It’s so much larger than me. It has to do with enormity, the quickness of life and death. Oh my God! It’s beautiful in its own way. What I would love to do is communicate this as much as possible. The jeopardy, the moment you feel that vulnerability. This air which is keeping us alive is thinner than your skin. It’s a sliver, immeasurably small when you think in terms of the universe. Mars doesn’t really have it. There is life, and then there’s death."

Earth is a special place. Sure, there may be quadrillions of other planets that God created other imagers on, but as far as we're concerned, this is it.

The IbanezerScrooge · Nov 13, 2023

Chesterton said:
The first part of this post will be pedantic and a bit disingenuous, but the second part will be ingenuous. You say the image is "fantastic" which means the stuff of fantasy, and "incredible" which means not to be believed. You're both saying you don't believe the image is real.

I suspect what you're actually saying is that the image is "very cool". My sincere question is why is this image cool? A single cell of a blade of grass here on Earth is infinitely much cooler.

Really? We're currently having to fight a war against the Muslim colonizers of Palestine, and you want to do more colonizing? Probably a bad idea.

I'm not saying that at all. Words have multiple meanings and sometimes the intent is the opposite of the denotation of a word. That's how language works. You're free to not think this is "very cool" or mundane or whatever, but you're wasting your time commenting here so there must be something to it for you. Looking at cells in a blade of grass is fantastic too, btw. I can appreciate both. I'm multi-faceted!

Chesterton · Nov 13, 2023

Reasonably Sane said:
Regarding your last comment, my wife just read to me what William Shatner said after disembarking from the spacecraft that took him to space. In an interesting way, it's quite inspiring and share's my perspective as it has changed over the decades (he's just a little older than me).

“Oh my God. it’s indescribable, To see the blue color [of the atmosphere] shoot by like that. Down there is mother, comfort - and up there is death. Is that what death is? It is so moving. I never expected it. There’s beauty of the blue. It’s so thin. You’re going close to 2,000 mph, and through like 50 miles of it in an instant. And then you’re into black. It’s mysterious, and you know there are galaxies and such up there, but all you see is that black. And down below is light. [Jeff], what you’ve given me is the most profound experience I can imagine. I’m so filled with emotion. It’s extraordinary. I hope I never recover from this, maintain what I feel now. It’s so much larger than me. It has to do with enormity, the quickness of life and death. Oh my God! It’s beautiful in its own way. What I would love to do is communicate this as much as possible. The jeopardy, the moment you feel that vulnerability. This air which is keeping us alive is thinner than your skin. It’s a sliver, immeasurably small when you think in terms of the universe. Mars doesn’t really have it. There is life, and then there’s death."

Earth is a special place. Sure, there may be quadrillions of other planets that God created other imagers on, but as far as we're concerned, this is it.

Thank you for this. I didn't know Mr. Shatner went into space. Very profound comments from him.

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