Three of these planets are in the star’s "habitable zone? This
means they could have liquid water on their surface? which
increases the chances of them hosting life.
SAAO’s 1-m telescope was used to take observations of the
planetary system over several nights in June and July last year?
said Amanda Sickafoose? head of instrumentation at SAAO. The
telescope is equipped with the Sutherland high-speed optical
camera? which can take up to 70 images a second.
“This system is quite different from our solar system? which
also raises new questions. The SAAO is proud to have played a
small role in this advancement in our understanding of planetary
systems,?Sickafoose said.
Other telescopes used include the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration’s Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based
telescopes in Chile? Morocco? Hawaii and the Canary Islands.
?Source: www.timeslive.co.za