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...Spitzer is the most sensible and stable infrared telescope out there,” Charbonneau said...
...Charbonneau said his previous attempts to obtain infrared data from a ground telescope failed because thermal radiation from the earth’s atmosphere and the telescope overwhelmed the signal from the planet...
Harvard’s team observed light from TrES-1, while GSFC’s team observed light from HD 209458b, but Charbonneau said the similarity of the results makes them even more convincing...
...isolate TrES-1’s infrared emissions, Charbonneau said his team used Spitzer to obtain data when the planet was in transit, meaning it was passing in front of its star, and during the secondary eclipse, when the planet was behind the star. The light from the star was then subtracted from the light from both the star and the planet. The data, collected for six hours on Halloween, allowed Charbonneau and his colleagues to determine that there was a signal from TrES...
...were really ecstatic to finally see this long sought-after signal,” Charbonneau said. “It’s the first time this technique has been used successfully...