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Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by ET_MAN
The infra red detection is only required if the object is far, far away. Pluto is 39AU away and we can see the light reflected from the sun. Pluto is quite small compared to a brown dwarf.
Add another forehead slap.
"Brown dwarfs are so elusive, so hard to find," McLean said. "They can be detected best in the infrared, and even within the infrared, they are very difficult to detect. We detect the heat glow from these faint objects in the infrared. Typically, they have to be relatively close by, within 100 light years, for us to even detect the heat signature."
"They would however be hard to find in the sky, as they would emit almost no light. Their strongest emissions would be in the infrared (IR) spectrum, and ground-based IR detectors."
"Nicknamed "Nemesis" or "The Death Star," this undetected object could be a red or brown dwarf star, or an even darker presence several times the mass of Jupiter."
By Leslie Mullen
for Astrobiology Magazine
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010
A dark object may be lurking near our solar system, occasionally kicking comets in our direction.
Nicknamed "Nemesis" or "The Death Star," this undetected object could be a red or brown dwarf star, or an even darker presence several times the mass of Jupiter.
"Brown dwarfs are so elusive, so hard to find," McLean said. "They can be detected best in the infrared, and even within the infrared, they are very difficult to detect. We detect the heat glow from these faint objects in the infrared. Typically, they have to be relatively close by, within 100 light years, for us to even detect the heat signature."
"They would however be hard to find in the sky, as they would emit almost no light. Their strongest emissions would be in the infrared (IR) spectrum, and ground-based IR detectors."
Originally posted by stereologist
Don't you just love that crappy picture below the title:
GETTING WISE ABOUT NEMESIS!
It shows this fiery red ball much less than 100AU out and we know it couldn't sneak in closer than 340AU even if it was a brown dwarf.
Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by ET_MAN
Repeating fake evidence is no silly. Can you give us links to a journal article, newspaper article, or anything substantial? Can you name the observatory and the names of the astronomers?
Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by ET_MAN
Are you learning anything?
The reason they were hard to find is that they are far away and reflected sunlight over 10 light years is beyond our current capabilities to detect. Were they close as your fake G1.9 post claimed, then the reflected light would reveal them.
Why don't you take the time to read and comprehend before posting?
UPDATE FEBRUARY 19, 2010: -- We patiently waited and monitored the StarViewer Team's web site for the "proof" that claimed would be forthcoming. Needless to say, it never materialized. Also, the initil popularity of their claim appears to have been nothing more than a way to attract a large viewership. The web site now is full of ridiculous claims, including some satirical stories taken from "the onion" (a very funny site) which the SV Team promoted as "real." There is no mention of the mathematical validation that was expected with regards to the G1.9 object. Perhaps the validation disproved their theory... perhaps it was never going to be validated by anyone... I think it is safe to take this theory of object G1.9 being a brown dwarf down to ZERO possibility!