Plutopalooza

[knieft]

Latest Nova gave the background of the project, Chasing Pluto.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365501360/

Scroll down for full episode.

Cheers,
Kirt

[TomK]

Thanks for the link, Kirt. I'm going to try and watch it tomorrow when I get a break. Really hoped to watch last night but the local PBS OTA stuff is broken.

Lodestone - you know, I was thinking exactly the same thing! If nice friendly space aliens could listen to that stuff, we're alone forever, but if the nasty ones get to hear it, they'll know we're ripe for picking...

[dmbwest]

Shoots you guys ... They are hiding the real truth.

We've been 'invaded' by and hearing they static since the 70's.

https://www.google.com/search?q=panapet+radio&biw=1280&bih=603&tbm=isch&imgil=64kab1OR5z5ESM%253A%253BhYGhOuGoFmLScM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fherculodge.typepad.com%25252Fherculodge%25252F2010%25252F06%25252Fspaceball-radio-alert-purple-panasonic-panapet-r70-on-ebay-for-19750-plus-shipping.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=64kab1OR5z5ESM%253A%252ChYGhOuGoFmLScM%252C_&usg=__eNRAAvvoxODhMbIEhyYQTuvef8g%3D&ved=0CDcQyjdqFQoTCN-54e2I48YCFcIQkgodJYsPzQ&ei=Mm6pVd_YF8KhyASllr7oDA#imgrc=64kab1OR5z5ESM%3A&usg=__eNRAAvvoxODhMbIEhyYQTuvef8g%3D

[TomK]

Jeez, Pog, I thought the space aliens were transmitting coded messages to us after reading that post! []

Suggest trying out tinyurl for really long and messy http stuff.

http://tinyurl.com/

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Video of Pluto flyover, above the newly named Norgay mountains and Sputnik plains:

http://space.io9.com/soar-over-plutos-he...1718583571

[terracore]

Why is it so hard to find the new Pluto images? The NASA site currently shows blurry images from July 1. Space.com isn't much better. Every now and then I see a good resolution image from a random news site. Does anybody know a good location to see images that aren't 2 weeks old?

[hrooster]

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Originally posted by terracore

Why is it so hard to find the new Pluto images? The NASA site currently shows blurry images from July 1. Space.com isn't much better. Every now and then I see a good resolution image from a random news site. Does anybody know a good location to see images that aren't 2 weeks old?

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Did you try the astronomy pic of the day?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

http://the-hroost.com

[TomK]

There simply aren't that many images sent so far. Firstly, the probe is still taking science data and will for another ten days or so. In order to do this, the probe is orientated in such a way that the high-gain antenna is pointing away from Earth. The transfer rate is also slow (remember, it's a long way away and using at least a decade old technology).

Give the team another 10 days or so and we should start seeing a lot more images.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

While we're waiting for more photos from Pluto, here are some artistic renderings of the (dwarf) planet and moons based on the images already received:
http://gizmodo.com/stunning-pluto-art-ma...1718832094

[TomK]

Thanks for that, HOTPE, wonderful paintings. On the other hand, real pictures can be just as good. This is one of my favourite solar system images. It was taken by the New Horizons probe while it was using Jupiter's gravitational field to guide it towards Pluto and increase its velocity:

http://i.space.com/images/i/000/013/579/...1322569639

The moon is Io, the most geologically active body we know.