Death Star Located

[Leithen]

Bigger than expected - seems the Sith Lords have been busy....

[Eighteeteewhy]

That's no small planet....

[hornet]

Cue a plethora of "Nibiru is here!" YouTube videos complete with wafty new age music and EXCESSIVE use of CAPITALS in the comments. Joy.

ETA - about 600 trillion miles away, so needs to get a move on to be here by Dec 21st!

Edited by hornet on Wednesday 14th November 14:15

[Eric Mc]

What is lighting it up?

Whatever it is, it can't be the "Death Star" - as the Death Star was discovered 30 years ago -

[AshVX220]

Eric Mc said:

What is lighting it up?

Whatever it is, it can't be the "Death Star" - as the Death Star was discovered 30 years ago -

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

[Daxed]

AshVX220 said:

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

It's radiating it's own light. It's in the mid 400 degrees C and was detected in the infrared.

It's only because it is remote from a star that it has been found by this method, if it had been orbiting a star it's light would not have been directly observable.

[rhinochopig]

Leithen said:

Bigger than expected - seems the Sith Lords have been busy....

It can't be a death star as they call it a Rogue Planet and everyone knows Rogue is a Rebel call sign :geek:

[Eric Mc]

Daxed said:

AshVX220 said:

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

It's radiating it's own light. It's in the mid 400 degrees C and was detected in the infrared.

It's only because it is remote from a star that it has been found by this method, if it had been orbiting a star it's light would not have been directly observable.

What telescope was used to observe it?

[Halmyre]

[Daxed]

Eric Mc said:

What telescope was used to observe it?

The brown dwarf hunters detected it in data collected by the CFHT and then examined it in more detail with the VLT in Chile.

[Eric Mc]

How effective is ground based Infra-Red astronomy?

It is interesting that the planet is glowing fairly strongly in the infra-red. This is another indicator that it must be very large and very young.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Eric Mc said:

Daxed said:

AshVX220 said:

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

It's radiating it's own light. It's in the mid 400 degrees C and was detected in the infrared.

It's only because it is remote from a star that it has been found by this method, if it had been orbiting a star it's light would not have been directly observable.

What telescope was used to observe it?

either try reading the article, or keep asking the questions that others will answer one line at a time

[Eric Mc]

I prefer being on PH than hopping around the internet. It's called "chat and discussion".

[Leithen]

Eric Mc said:

What is lighting it up?

Whatever it is, it can't be the "Death Star" - as the Death Star was discovered 30 years ago -

Clearly Eric, that's the fossilised remains of a very early Death Star. This new one is a much bigger threat than any that have gone before. What's lighting it up? One can only surmise that the latest hypermatter reactors are powering much more advanced shields this time and therefore lighting up the infrared spectrum in an enormous way.

The urgent question is where is it headed to? Is the Jedi council aware of this new threat? More seriously, has Disney incorporated it into it's new scripts?

[Eric Mc]

Now we know why George Lucas sold up - he's buying a ticket on Virgin Galctric to rendezvous with this rogue planet - which is no doubt inhabited by hoardes of Jar Jar Binks' relatives.

[MiniMan64]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/brian-cox-steps-in-to-dis...

Brian Cox said:

“If anyone else asks me about "Nibiru" the imaginary bulls**t planet I will slap them around their irrational heads.”

[Eric Mc]

I like his style.

[Alfanatic]

Daxed said:

AshVX220 said:

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

It's radiating it's own light. It's in the mid 400 degrees C and was detected in the infrared.

It's only because it is remote from a star that it has been found by this method, if it had been orbiting a star it's light would not have been directly observable.

Stupid question: If it is self illuminating, infrared or otherwise, why is it partially in shadow as though it is being illuminated by something to the left of the camera?

[Daxed]

Alfanatic said:

Stupid question: If it is self illuminating, infrared or otherwise, why is it partially in shadow as though it is being illuminated by something to the left of the camera?

The link in the OP relates to an interesting 'planet' that has recently been discovered and which my previous comments refer too.

The cool death star pictures are of Mimas, a moon of Saturn, illuminated by our Sun and possibly reflected sunlight from Saturn. Taken by the Cassini orbiter. Do a search, the Cassini pictures are stunning.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Alfanatic said:

Daxed said:

AshVX220 said:

I like that image Eric.

As for the news, I also wondered what would be lighting it up.

It's radiating it's own light. It's in the mid 400 degrees C and was detected in the infrared.

It's only because it is remote from a star that it has been found by this method, if it had been orbiting a star it's light would not have been directly observable.

Stupid question: If it is self illuminating, infrared or otherwise, why is it partially in shadow as though it is being illuminated by something to the left of the camera?

That's Eric's Death Star pic, it is not the planet in question, it's another thing altogether, a moon of saturn