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Title: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:26:20 pm: Not sure if there will be a live feed, but you can check it out on twitter.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:28:13 pm: Grant Tremblay ‏@astrogrant 1m1 minute ago
An "Earth-like planet in the habitable zone". Surface temp 800 degrees F, pressure 90 atmospheres. #ProximaCentauri
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:41:43 pm: I believe this is the link..

https://eso.adobeconnect.com/_a848728127/p3l3qqhq6un/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:47:39 pm: Pale Red Dot ‏@Pale_red_dot 2m2 minutes ago
3/11 #ProximaCentauri has been monitored for 16 years, with no success of finding a planet
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: r9etb on August 24, 2016, 04:48:22 pm: Quote from: kevindavis on August 24, 2016, 04:28:13 pm
Grant Tremblay ‏@astrogrant 1m1 minute ago
An "Earth-like planet in the habitable zone". Surface temp 800 degrees F, pressure 90 atmospheres. #ProximaCentauri

Like living in Death Valley, then. Or Phoenix.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: ABX on August 24, 2016, 04:48:35 pm: Quote from: kevindavis on August 24, 2016, 04:28:13 pm
Grant Tremblay ‏@astrogrant 1m1 minute ago
An "Earth-like planet in the habitable zone". Surface temp 800 degrees F, pressure 90 atmospheres. #ProximaCentauri

So take a lot of sunscreen and some ice packs. :)
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:50:37 pm: ExtrasolarWatcher ‏@ExtrasolarOne 23s23 seconds ago
#ProximaCentauri Daniel Fischer: Question 1: The paper calls it - in the title - a "planet candidate" yet the RV signal is pretty strong
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: Cripplecreek on August 24, 2016, 04:50:47 pm: Is this a yes or a no?
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:51:56 pm: Pale Red Dot ‏@Pale_red_dot 4m4 minutes ago
4/11 However there were hints of a signal between 10-20 days https://palereddot.org/the-signal/ #palereddot
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:53:27 pm: Quote from: Cripplecreek on August 24, 2016, 04:50:47 pm
Is this a yes or a no?

My guess is yes.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: Cripplecreek on August 24, 2016, 04:55:39 pm: Watching now but it sounds like likely yes with further confirmation needed.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: driftdiver on August 24, 2016, 04:56:47 pm: Quote from: AbaraXas on August 24, 2016, 04:48:35 pm
So take a lot of sunscreen and some ice packs. :)

Are they selling timeshares yet?
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:58:20 pm: Emily Rice ‏@emilylurice 45s45 seconds ago
#ProximaCentauri is part of the alpha Centauri system. A&B are two Sun-like stars that orbit one another every 80 years.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 04:58:45 pm: Quote from: Cripplecreek on August 24, 2016, 04:55:39 pm
Watching now but it sounds like likely yes with further confirmation needed.

That is my take as well..
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 05:01:53 pm: Dr. Bruce Betts ‏@RandomSpaceFact 1m1 minute ago
.@eso discovers first planet around nearest (~4 light years) star "neighbor" #ProximaCentauri
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 05:06:55 pm: Gavin Coleman ‏@galc9astro 1m1 minute ago
Gavin Coleman Retweeted Pale Red Dot
#ProximaCentauri has a terrestrial planet is its habitable zone #palereddot #success
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 05:09:56 pm: Pale Red Dot ‏@Pale_red_dot 6m6 minutes ago
11/11 #ProximaCentauri HAS A TERRESTRIAL PLANET ORBITING IN ITS #HABITABLE ZONE! #palereddot
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 05:27:27 pm: NASA Watch ‏@NASAWatch 2m2 minutes ago
If you want a running primer on all things #proximacentauri follow @LeeBillings today
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 05:31:15 pm: Lee Billings ‏@LeeBillings 3m3 minutes ago
So what we're really talking about is a dramatic acceleration in progress. No more waiting generations to see the light of other Earths.

Lee Billings ‏@LeeBillings 3m3 minutes ago
Today's discovery gives everyone permission to go all-in on Prox b, or at least to shift to a new, more agile observing paradigm.
Title: Re: European Southern Observatory Proxima Centauri Announce Live Thread
Post by: kevindavis007 on August 24, 2016, 10:53:24 pm: Here is the press conference if you missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QkN05xodA