Sentences with phrase «optical images of the planets»

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Taking an optical image of distant planets is tough because the bright light from their stars drowns them out.

The first Terrestrial Planet Finder mission will take optical images of nearby stars and essentially put a thumb over the star itself to block the light and see the dim pPlanet Finder mission will take optical images of nearby stars and essentially put a thumb over the star itself to block the light and see the dim planetplanet.

And in the future, a technique called optical interferometry, which links together the observations of more than one telescope, might make it possible to see the multiple lensed images produced by the planets of another star system.

In addition, all three stars (including Proxima) were among the «Tier 1» target stars for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images on Stars A, B, and C are available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funding.

HDST will have unprecedented image clarity and sensitivity in the UV and optical and will be able to search nearby Earth - like planets for signs of life.

It was also selected as a «Tier 1» target star for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images of Epsilon Indi may still be available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funding.

To validate candidate planets identified by K2, the researchers obtained high - resolution images of the planet - hosting stars from Keck Observatory's near infrared camera (NIRC2), the Gemini and Large Binocular Telescope (among others) as well as high - resolution optical spectroscopy using Keck Observatory's high resolution spectrograph (HIRES) instrument and the AUtomated Planet Fplanet - hosting stars from Keck Observatory's near infrared camera (NIRC2), the Gemini and Large Binocular Telescope (among others) as well as high - resolution optical spectroscopy using Keck Observatory's high resolution spectrograph (HIRES) instrument and the AUtomated Planet FPlanet Finder.

To validate candidate planets identified by K2, the researchers obtained high - resolution images of the planet - hosting stars as well as high - resolution optical spectroscopy data.

It was also selected as a «Tier 1» target star for NASA's optical Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) to detect a planet as small as three Earth - masses within two AUs of its host star (and so some summary system information and images of Eta Cassiopeiae A and B may still be available from the SIM Teams), but the SIM project manager announced on November 8, 2010 that the mission was indefinitely postponed due to withdrawal of NASA funding.