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April 24, 2017

Imaging Extrasolar Planets

Dr. Bruce Macintosh
Stanford University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Bruce Macintosh of Stanford University will discuss how with current technology, young planets can be directly imaged - resolved from their parent star - with a technique called adaptive optics. He will discuss results from such imaging, particularly the four-planet system orbiting HR8799.

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