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AlexBlackwell

May 31 2007, 07:21 PM

Imaging the Surface of Altair
John D. Monnier, et al.
Published online May 31 2007; 10.1126/science.1143205 (Science Express Reports)
Abstract

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National Science Foundation
Press Release 07-062
May 31, 2007

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University of Michigan News Services
May 31, 2007

Ian R

May 31 2007, 08:03 PM

This is very cool:

http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~monnier/Lo..._image3crop.jpg

David

May 31 2007, 11:42 PM

That's fantastic. Obviously, it's not strictly within the ambit of the site, but I would like to hear more about advances in telescopic astronomy.

Tman

Jun 1 2007, 03:10 PM

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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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