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Originally posted by Versa
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/ceea5085e025.jpeg[/atsimg]edit on 25/8/11 by Versa because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Angelicdefender2012
reply to post by Illustronic
Hows google sky for you....is that good enough to see it with your own eyes??????? Click on infared you can't miss it!
Originally posted by nataylor
Originally posted by Versa
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/ceea5085e025.jpeg[/atsimg]edit on 25/8/11 by Versa because: (no reason given)
That's just CW Leonis, which is the brightest infrared source outside our own solar system. It's a star around 400 light years away that is nearing the end of its life, and emits light mostly infrared light, which explains why you can't see it in the visible spectrum images.
Originally posted by Angelicdefender2012
Go to www.google.com/sky/
In the search type in mercury. You will see a little devil sign where mercury supposedly is. Pull you screen over to the right slightly......and there ya go!!! nibiru plain as day!! You don't even have to zoom. To give you an idea how close this monster planet is to us.......now type Jupiter into the search. You have to zoom "6" times to see it!edit on 25-8-2011 by Angelicdefender2012 because: (no reason given)
Sorry you need to click the "infrered" button on the right of the screen to see it.edit on 25-8-2011 by Angelicdefender2012 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by MardukNibiru
All I'm say'in is I heard that on CNN myself. That a brown dwarf star is in our solar system. Dosn't mean I believe it. Mainstream could actually make it less believable.
Now my most pertainent question. What the hell is that lil devil all about?edit on 25-8-2011 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Helious
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by MardukNibiru
All I'm say'in is I heard that on CNN myself. That a brown dwarf star is in our solar system. Dosn't mean I believe it. Mainstream could actually make it less believable.
Now my most pertainent question. What the hell is that lil devil all about?edit on 25-8-2011 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
This would be news to me, could you please post a link to a video or news source from CNN saying this?
Originally posted by Helious
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by MardukNibiru
All I'm say'in is I heard that on CNN myself. That a brown dwarf star is in our solar system. Dosn't mean I believe it. Mainstream could actually make it less believable.
Now my most pertainent question. What the hell is that lil devil all about?edit on 25-8-2011 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
This would be news to me, could you please post a link to a video or news source from CNN saying this?
Originally posted by snowspirit
I've tried searching the search function to see if I could find the thread where it was identified as C W Leonis, but no luck.
The infrared data on Google Sky comes from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) whole-sky survey conducted in 1983. If you go to the catalog overlay search page, and put in the coordinates of the object (roughly 9h 47m 48s, 13° 18' 53"), with a 2.5 degree size, you can clearly see the object in the search results:
By clicking on the point source table link, we can see the list of point sources. The one with the largest flux is object 09452+1330.
By searching for that object name on Google, we find that this is also known as IRC +10216 or CW Leonis. As Wikipedia says:
IRC +10216 or CW Leonis is a well-studied carbon star that is embedded in a thick dust envelope. It was first discovered in 1969 by a group of astronomers led by Eric Becklin, based upon infrared observations made with the 62 inches (1.6 m) Caltech Infrared Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory. Its energy is emitted mostly at infrared wavelengths. At a wavelength of 5 μm, it was found to have the highest flux of any object outside the Solar System.
So what we have here is a dying star about 400 light years away. It just happens to be a very bright IR source.