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Worldwide observations confirm nearby 'lensing' exoplanet
- blacksmith_tb 7y ago1600 lya is only 'nearby' compared to 2600, still a lucky find!
- sachdevap 7y agoIt is actually quite nearby on astronomical scales. For reference, the milky way is 105,700 light years in diameter.
- designium 7y agoCould someone share info about how astronomers know about microlensing effects? I (educate) guess that we start by setting eyes to a specific star and then compared its image before and after X amount of days. Then, if there is a huge delta, then people would zoom into that star again to understand why there was a difference.