The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment is a Polish astronomical project based at the University of Warsaw that runs a long-term variability sky survey. The main goals are the detection and class
OGLE telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory
Artist's impression of the planet OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb discovered by the OGLE Team
View on the OGLE telescope (in the foreground on the left) and Swope Telescope (in the background above the center)
Sign to the OGLE telescope. Twin 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes are seen in the background
OGLE-2005-BLG-169Lb
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OGLE-2005-BLG-169Lb is an extrasolar planet located approximately 2,700 parsecs away in the constellation of Sagittarius, orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-169L. This planet was discovered by the OGLE p
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
…Scorpius 17h 50m 09s −34° 40′ 23″ 19.5 9500 M OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb 3.5 3600 3.6 2005 OGLE-2005-BLG-169L Sagittarius 18h 06m 05s –30° 43′ 57″ 19.4 8800 M? OGLE-2005-BLG-169Lb 0.041 0.345 2006 OGLE-2005-BLG-390L Sagittarius 17h 54m 19s −30° 22′ 38″ 21500 M? OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb 0.018 2006 OGLE-TR-211 Carina 10h 40m 15s −62…
How a star can magnify and brighten the light of a background star when it passes in front of the distant star.