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>I glance at the image, see that bulge in the ring and was immediately excited that they had captured the visual image of an exoplanet (even if it was going to
by Vox_Leone 3y ago
>I glance at the image, see that bulge in the ring and was immediately excited that they had captured the visual image of an exoplanet (even if it was going to be a large brown dwarf).
I was under the same impression. Upon a second look it became clear that blob is roughly 8 AU in diameter [judging by the overall scale]
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoI'm not sure that an 8AU diameter would be that absurd, if we're talking about a proto-planetary nebula, would it? But yeh, if I weren't a nitwit, the scale's completely wrong (and it should be hoovering up the ring in short order besides).