finding extra-solar planets
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We found the first confirmed planet outside our solar system in 1992. Since then, we've found almost 600. Why'd it take us so long to find exoplanets? And once we'd started, why'd we find so many? Caution: presentation contains gratuitous references to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (To fully follow along with this presentation, please grab the presentation script from http://granades.com/2011/09/12/talking-science-at-dragoncon-2011/ )TRANSCRIPT
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Photo of Giordano Bruno courtesy Berthold Werner
1584
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1990
PSR B1257+12
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SephirothLimit
Break!
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1990
PSR B1257+12
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Artist’s rendition courtesy R. Hurt/NASA
1992
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1994
Artist’s rendition of PSR B1620-26b courtesy Greg Bacon/NASA
PSR B1620-26b
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1995
51 Pegasi b
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1989
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ImagingMicrolensingTransitRadial VelocityPulsar Timing
573 total
planets
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Exoplanet HuntersWatching Stars Wobble and Dim
Stephen [email protected]
http://granades.com@sargent on Twitter
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(“Uranus” like Goatse?)
1790
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Possibly a vampire
1841
1845
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1859
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Stupid red matter
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Picture courtesy Mysid
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Picture courtesy Slack12
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Spinning Pulsar is represented by
Pinkie Pie
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(not to scale)
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GAMMA RADIATION
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Sonic Rainboom is like Doppler Spectroscopy
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1989
1991
1993
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1997
1999
2001
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2005
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120
ImagingMicrolensingTransitRadial VelocityPulsar Timing
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Fluttershy is also afraid of her own
shadow
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1999
HD 209458
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OGLE-TR-56
2002
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You could see a
Brundlefly
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Figure courtesy S. Gaudi and D. Bennett
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Close-up Rarity represents gravity
lensing
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Photo courtesy Krzysztof Ulaczyk
OGLE
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OGLE-2003-BLG-235L
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Picture courtesy the ESO
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2M2107
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1RXS J160929.1−21052
4
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Pulsar Timing
Doppler Spectroscop
y
Transit
Gravitational
Lensing
DirectObservation
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Painting courtesy the ESO
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Painting courtesy CNES/D. Ducros
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Painting courtesy NASA/Wendy Stenzel
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1,235 candidates!
Image courtesy NASA/Jason Rowe
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