Churchill amateur astronomer explains how to locate planets 150 light years away

Spotting planets outside our solar system can be difficult. They’re often small and dark in comparison to the enormous and bright stars that they spin around.

Churchill resident and amateur astronomer Chris Stockdale has a lot of experience looking for these far off planets - having helped discover over 100 of them.

Stockdale told the Monitor the best way to spot them is to observe when a planet crosses in front of a star.

“There’s a minuscule drop in light. The drop is somewhere between half-a-percent, so it's not very much,” he said.

Take a look at a video interview with Stockdale below or read the full story here.