13 Apr
2006
13 Apr
'06
2:43 p.m.
I don't want to flog a dead horse, but the blocking object doesn't have to block only the star. It could block a huge swath of space to one side of the star, as long as its edge just cuts out the star too. So you might miss some of the planets that are behind the blocking device, but you'd see others. With relatively long exposures focusing on a nearby star, the planet might be bright enough. ... I still suspect there's something fundamentally wrong with this, having to do with the star really not showing up as a point source. Thanks, Joe