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Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:03 pm**

I have just come across this article about the first confirmed optical photo, taken from Earth, of an extra-solar planet.
It's an interesting read and the photo is amazing (as photos of fuzzy blobs go).

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:23 pm**

Nice find! Thanks.

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:04 pm**

Temperature of 1500C though. Too hot for me

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:29 pm**

That can't be the first one, I'm sure I saw others before...

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:32 pm**

Google i a friend: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... confirmed/

Phil Plait himself (Aka The Bad Astronomer) lists older examples in this article

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First photo of an Extra-solar planet

First photo of an Extra-solar planet