"Winged Planet" Revealed on Google Sky? Let's Take a Look - Live Webcast of Parsamian 21

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Channel: Astronomy Live · 2015 · Entertainment

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In the last few weeks a story has gone viral claiming that the "missing region" of Google sky has finally been revealed and shows a "winged planet" or star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1I-eWF2N8
Tonight we'll take a look at what's really going on and observe a nearly identical star in infrared.  Here's my previous video covering what is really in the missing section of google sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfQCl4TLXE
Here's the stacked image of Parsamian 21 in infrared:
http://h.dropcanvas.com/exv0h/Parsamian21IRstackIRIS640crop.jpg
Here is the 2MASS image of Parsamian 21 for reference:
http://h.dropcanvas.com/7w0gn/11252549_10207334182139817_5103911567171712787_n.jpg
And finally here is the stacked image of NGC 7331:
http://h.dropcanvas.com/exv0h/NGC7331IRIS3final.jpg
G 100-31 High Proper Motion Star:
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1988AJ.....95.1843L/0001849.000.html

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