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I kind of love that the first system photographed(?) is in a different orientation and that we have a “top” down view of it.
by etxm 6y ago
I kind of love that the first system photographed(?) is in a different orientation and that we have a “top” down view of it.
- swiley 6y agoIt doesn’t have to be in a different orientation, it could be parallel with ours but not coplaner. The important thing for this kind of picture is that a normal with the tail near the system from plane of rotation points roughly in our direction.
- Johnjonjoan 6y agoI think the multi-planet system part is what makes it a first.
- dylan604 6y agoHow do you mean? That it it was photographed in such a manner? We definitely know of plenty of several systems with multiple planets.
- Johnjonjoan 6y agoYes that's exactly how I understood it. Otherwise anyone who has taken a picture of the night sky probably beat this image.