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We found the first confirmed planet outside our solar system in 1992. Since then, we've found almost 600. Why'd it take us so long to find exoplanets? And once we'd started, why'd we find so many? Caution: presentation contains gratuitous references to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (To fully follow along with this presentation, please grab the presentation script from http://granades.com/2011/09/12/talking-science-at-dragoncon-2011/ ‎)

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Photo of Giordano Bruno courtesy Berthold Werner

1584

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1990

PSR B1257+12

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SephirothLimit

Break!

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PSR B1257+12

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Artist’s rendition courtesy R. Hurt/NASA

1992

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Artist’s rendition of PSR B1620-26b courtesy Greg Bacon/NASA

PSR B1620-26b

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1995

51 Pegasi b

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ImagingMicrolensingTransitRadial VelocityPulsar Timing

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planets

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Exoplanet HuntersWatching Stars Wobble and Dim

Stephen [email protected]

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(“Uranus” like Goatse?)

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Possibly a vampire

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Stupid red matter

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Picture courtesy Mysid

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Picture courtesy Slack12

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Spinning Pulsar is represented by

Pinkie Pie

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(not to scale)

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GAMMA RADIATION

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Sonic Rainboom is like Doppler Spectroscopy

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Fluttershy is also afraid of her own

shadow

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HD 209458

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OGLE-TR-56

2002

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You could see a

Brundlefly

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Figure courtesy S. Gaudi and D. Bennett

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Close-up Rarity represents gravity

lensing

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Photo courtesy Krzysztof Ulaczyk

OGLE

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OGLE-2003-BLG-235L

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Picture courtesy the ESO

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2M2107

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1RXS J160929.1−21052

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Pulsar Timing

Doppler Spectroscop

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Transit

Gravitational

Lensing

DirectObservation

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Painting courtesy the ESO

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Painting courtesy CNES/D. Ducros

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Painting courtesy NASA/Wendy Stenzel

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1,235 candidates!

Image courtesy NASA/Jason Rowe

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