Who knew you could do this with eBay stuff now.

DIY Exoplanet Detector Using a DSLR
http://lensvid.com/gear/diy-exoplanet-d … sing-dslr/


"the star chosen for this task – called simply HD 189733 - about 63 light-years away"

Pretty cool. The problem with the big telescopes like Palomar is that many, many people want to use them. This makes it really tough to just set up a camera and stare for 8 hours, day after day. Interesting solution.