What equipment is needed? #newlifegoal
Equipment needed for exoplanet discovery.
There's this thread on Cloudynight in the imaging session: Here
Andrea Alessandrelli:
There's this thread on Cloudynight in the imaging session: Here
Thank you. This is very helpful. I am looking for more information about the discovery vs. detection; however, many of these concepts can be extrapolated. Anyone on here ever discovered an exoplanet?
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