This is an occultation of the star Iota in Cancer by the asteroid 411 Xanthe. It was shot with a camcorder held to the eyepiece of my 10" SCT telescope.
Video by Richard Nugent of the occultation of Iota Cancri by the asteroid 411 Xanthe. This event is unusual for the long disappearance and reappearance times. Copyright Richard Nugent. Used with his permission.
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Er is een nieuwe buitenplaneet ontdekt rond de ster 55 cancri (sterrenbeeld kreeft). Hij heeft zowat de massa van Jupiter maar er is leven op die planeet mogelijk. Meer info op de site van NASA.
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An animation (no audio) and 4 short videos regarding the new planet discovered orbiting 55 Cancri, 41 light years from Earth. Press release & animation- http://www.nasa.gov/ vision/universe/neww orlds/exoplanet-2007 1106.html videos- http://www.nasa.gov/ audience/formedia/te lecon-20071106/clips .html
This artist's animation takes us on a journey to 55 Cancri, a star with a family of five known planets - the most planets discovered so far around a star besides our own.
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E' un gigante gassoso, è in un sistema di più pianeti e si trova al "posto" giusto. E ancora:possibili universi nei buchi neri, il Discovery a casa e l'astronautica in convention