Planet Hunter - Deep Sky Videos @DeepSkyVideos

Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The SuperWASP cameras are hunting distant exoplanets - planets orbiting distant stars.

James McCormac shows us the SuperWASP northern hemisphere set-up on the island of La Palma.

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