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OK, for all you smart astronomers out there - I saw the spectacular  
Hubble image in the paper today.  According to the legend on the  
photo, the parent star is the tiny white dot in the center of the  
image, while the planet — well, you'd never be able to spot the  
planet unless someone pointed it out.  The dominant feature of the  
photo is an enormous red halo surrounding the star in all  
directions.  What exactly is that?
>
> ---> Hubble has taken a photo of a planet about three times the  
> mass of Jupiter, orbiting the bright southern star Fomalhaut.
> <http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/39/text/>
> <http://www.universetoday.com/2008/11/13/hubble-take-first-visible- 
> light-image-of-extrasolar-planet/>
> <http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0821a.html>
>

Chuck Howarth
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