First extrasolar possibly habitable planet found

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Depends on the class to some extent... red dwarf stars are still detectable to a fair distance, but the \"brown\" dwarfs are only visible in the IR spectrum from what I hear.
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More info on the planetary system of Gl 581 : http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/udry_preprint.pdf
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