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HST Observation of Epsilon Eridani
brellis
post Jan 20 2008, 02:27 AM
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An article from October 2006 mentioned that an attempt would be made to directly observe the exoplanet Epsi eri b in "late 2007".

In another thread, Del Palmer said HST would go for it in "late December, depending on scheduling issues"

Has anyone heard more about this? I've been checking the Weekly Timelines, trying to keep an eye out for "HD22049" in the target list.


I'd appreciate any insight - this could be a big moment in Telescopic Observations!


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post Jan 22 2008, 05:40 PM
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I had hoped that they would give it a shot with the NICMOS coronagraph (NIC2). Given that the system is no longer observable to Hubble under 2-gyro mode, the opportunity to observe it has now passed (sigh).

Perhaps AO-equipped ground-based observatories took aim...


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post Jan 22 2008, 06:58 PM
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FWIW, Epsilon Eridani B has a 7-year period, so next chance is 2014.
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post Jul 6 2008, 06:14 AM
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QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 22 2008, 11:58 AM) *
FWIW, Epsilon Eridani B has a 7-year period, so next chance is 2014.


Wouldn't it have an opportunity in 2010, 3.5 years hence?
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- brellis   HST Observation of Epsilon Eridani   Jan 20 2008, 02:27 AM
- - brellis   From Oct 2006: http://www.physorg.com/news79617716...   Jan 21 2008, 10:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   In October of 2006, when that article was written,...   Jan 22 2008, 12:48 AM
|- - brellis   I was afraid of that. I'm rooting for STS-125...   Jan 22 2008, 02:22 AM
- - Del Palmer   I had hoped that they would give it a shot with th...   Jan 22 2008, 05:40 PM
|- - JRehling   FWIW, Epsilon Eridani B has a 7-year period, so ne...   Jan 22 2008, 06:58 PM
|- - brellis   Regarding how fast Hubble's orbit decays: Hub...   Jan 22 2008, 08:58 PM
|- - brellis   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 22 2008, 11:58 AM) ...   Jul 6 2008, 06:14 AM
- - PhilCo126   Although the concept of a space telescope in Low E...   Jan 22 2008, 06:12 PM

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