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A visual of an exoplanet is still beyond the possibility of anything but a REALLY big telescope (100m)+
by Synaesthesia 3y ago
A visual of an exoplanet is still beyond the possibility of anything but a REALLY big telescope (100m)+
- hotshot1001 3y agoActually we've imaged many exoplanets, but typically ones that are much larger than Jupiter. Here's a famous system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HR_8799 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HR_8799
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoThank you for the link, it's wonderful.
- Synaesthesia 3y agoThey were able to detect the planet due to the observed orbital motion on the star, not that they were able to get an image of the planet itself.