Watch Four Planets Orbiting a Star That's 130 Light-Years Away
Wanna see something really cool? The video below features four planets orbiting a star that’s 130 light-years away! This is a time-lapse video taken over the course of 12 years. This kind of stuff just blows my mind! The video was shared on YouTube by Jason Wang, and it came with the following note:
An updated time-lapse of the previous 7-year time lapse! HR 8799 harbors four super-Jupiters orbiting with periods that range from decades to centuries. We have been monitoring this system using the Keck Observatory on Maunakea. This movie was made using real images taken from the telescope. Motion interpolation was used on 10 images of HR 8799 taken from over 12 years to create this movie.
This is just a little itty bitty corner of the universe. Enjoy.