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Imaging the Surface of Altair
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post May 31 2007, 07:21 PM
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Imaging the Surface of Altair
John D. Monnier, et al.
Published online May 31 2007; 10.1126/science.1143205 (Science Express Reports)
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Gazing up at the Man in the Star?
Researchers take picture of the face of Altair, a first for a star like our own
National Science Foundation
Press Release 07-062
May 31, 2007

U-M astronomers capture the first image of surface features on a sun-like star
University of Michigan News Services
May 31, 2007
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"Imaging stars is just the start. We are going to next apply this technology to imaging extrasolar planets around nearby stars," said Ming Zhao, an astronomy graduate student at Michigan who carried out the detailed stellar modeling.

Wow, could that technology even be able to resolve planets or their light spectrum?!
With the already established axis of rotation it should be significant "easier" to find a planet around these stars with it.


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- AlexBlackwell   Imaging the Surface of Altair   May 31 2007, 07:21 PM
- - Ian R   This is very cool: http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu...   May 31 2007, 08:03 PM
- - David   That's fantastic. Obviously, it's not str...   May 31 2007, 11:42 PM
- - Tman   QUOTE "Imaging stars is just the start. We ar...   Jun 1 2007, 03:10 PM

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