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Exocast-72b: Directly Imaging Exoplanetary Motion with Dr Jason Wang

adminJuly 8, 2024No CommentsTags: 51 Eridani B, astronomy, Direct Imaging, exocast, exoplanet, exoplanets, HR8799, Keck, planetary science, podcast, scicomm, science

The Exocast team return from a short hiatus to be joined on this show by Dr Jason Wang from Northwestern University in Illinois. Jason is a direct imager, and gives us a quick overview of how we are able to find and characterise planets through direct imaging, as well as discussing the Gemini Planet Imager, 51 Eridani b, KPIC, VLT’s Gravity, and the making of the well-known, jaw-dropping animation of the planetary system around HR

Exocast-18b – Direct Imaging Special with special guest Sasha Hinkley

adminOctober 7, 2017No CommentsTags: adaptive optics, astronomy, Beta Pic, coronography, E-ELT, ESO, exoplanets, HR8799, JWST, Keck, sasha hinckley, Sphere, telescopes, VLT

In the 18th episode of Exocast, we chat to Sasha Hinkley, a direct imaging expert at the University of Exeter: “Spotlights & fireflies” – what it means to be able to directly image planets and how we do it. Why direct imaging may not have the numbers compared to other detection techniques, but can give us so much more information on each planet The future of direct imaging instruments, including JWST, WFIRST and the E-ELT.

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