DIY Exoplanet Detector

Star Track: The rotation of the Earth causes stars to continuously shift position in the sky. Detecting the subtle signs of the existence of an orbiting exoplanet requires compensating for this shift. To do that, I built my own hinged “barn door” tracker. Since 1995, when astronomers announced the discovery of a planet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi, exoplanets—which orbit stars other than the sun—ha

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デジタル一眼レフ+台座工作+Arduino制御で低コストな太陽系外惑星検出器を自作した。惑星発見方法はトランジット法という検出発見方法。