Back in the day, and I mean starting around the turn of last century, you'd hunt for planets by taking photos through your telescope days or weeks apart, and then comparing the two plates.
Today I proved to myself that I have photographed Neptune from my front garden.
Last week, I took this shot with my DwarfII - 10x15s exposures, stacked, and filtered to make everything yellow. In theory, somewhere in this image is Neptune. Good luck working out where!
#astrophotography #neptune #planethunting #dwarfii #snapseed #science
Nature Journal astronomy covers - 1995
A planet in Pegasus?
The feature article reports the discovery of the 1st extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, by Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz, a discovery that will earn them the Nobel Prize in 2019
https://nature.com/nature/volumes/378/issues/6555
#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #51pegasi #planet #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #nobel #prize #nobelprize #stars #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research
Nature Journal astronomy covers
PLANET SUITE (2017) - Seven potential Earth-like worlds orbiting low-mass star TRAPPIST-1
Cover art: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt (IPAC).
https://nature.com/nature/volumes/542/issues/7642
#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #trappist #trappist-1 #planet #planets #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #earth #star #stars #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research
Nature Journal astronomy covers
The Search for a Sister Earth (2006) - Designing a telescope to find our next Solar System
https://nature.com/nature/volumes/442/issues/7098
#universe #planet #planets #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #earth #solarsystem #star #stars #simulation #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #nwo #newworld #newworlds #telescope #spacetelescope #coronograph #science #research #nasa #jwst
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