New Horizon almost there

[mapuc]

It's going to be with interest to see these close-up pictures from Pluto.

haven't got any link, heard about it some hours ago.

The Satellit New Horizon will be Nearest Pluto at july 5th(If I remember corrctly)

I guess we the ordinary sci-fi nerds have to wait for these pictures or there's a channel where we can watch this live.

Markus

[Torplexed]

So far, the fuzziness appears to be enhanced with every 5 million kilometers crossed. :hmmm:

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Pluto.jpg

[mapuc]

Indeed it does.

Maybe some computer will make the image more viewable when Horizon get closets to Pluto.

Forgot the word about this thing about the computer-Know they(NASA etc) use computers to make fussy image more clear.

Markus

[Catfish]

Here's a better picture, still pixels but ..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Death%20star%20pixel_zps9bp2ll2x.png (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Death%20star%20pixel_zps9bp2ll2x.png.html)

[Pisces]

Here's a better picture, still pixels but ..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Death%20star%20pixel_zps9bp2ll2x.png (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Death%20star%20pixel_zps9bp2ll2x.png.html)
Lol, from a mythological standpoint.

[Rhodes]

http://i.imgur.com/LF351YN.jpg

[Torplexed]

Two days from the flyby. Pluto is starting to take shape. There a lot of vague tendril-like features that will hopefully resolve themselves as we get closer.

http://i0.wp.com/www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nh-pluto-7-11-15.jpg

[mapuc]

^ Thank you.

Saw the pictures and read the article in IFL. Was thinking about make a thread about it, forgot it and Voilá I have already made a thread about it.

It will take some time before the Scientist have "deprogrammed" the pictures a.s.o then we will have a lot of information about this planet.

Markus

[Wolferz]

^ Thank you.

Saw the pictures and read the article in IFL. Was thinking about make a thread about it, forgot it and Voilá I have already made a thread about it.

It will take some time before the Scientist have "deprogrammed" the pictures a.s.o then we will have a lot of information about this planet.

Markus

I heard awhile back that Pluto had been downgraded from planet status.
Must be something about the number nine that the cosmologists don't like.
:88)I hate 9's
:doh:Me 2.

[Pisces]

OMG, I see a skull feature! Those aliens bring death! We're all gonna die! I mean, with Greek mythology Pluto being the god of the underworld and all that.

http://ricojansen.nl/image/Pluto_skull_feature.png

[mapuc]

I didn't expect it would take this long, to collect all the data

The best images can be expected on Wednesday, but it will take 16 months for all of the data taken by the spacecraft to be sent back to Earth.

Furthermore, the time for processing of all the data, should also be added

From this article

http://www.iflscience.com/space/everything-you-need-know-about-new-horizons-arriving-pluto-tomorrow


Markus

[Betonov]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ0-Pi0UwAA4efN.png

Less than 3 hours

[Rhodes]

OMG, I see a skull feature! Those aliens bring death! We're all gonna die! I mean, with Greek mythology Pluto being the god of the underworld and all that.



Roman mythology! In Greek was Hades! As seen here by japonese:
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/saintseiya/images/c/c6/Hades_7.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140302114903&path-prefix=es

[Betonov]

Pluto/Hades was not an evil god.
He was not even an unpleasant. He just had an unpopular job. :)

[Torplexed]

Obviously, when it becomes time to name the features and regions on Pluto's surface, there has to be a Lethe, Styx, and Dis among them.

[Dowly]

http://i.imgur.com/gW3rYBO.jpg

:woot:

[Betonov]

Congrats to NASA :woot:

May not seem much but at least we are still at it.

[Dowly]

Latest photo from yesterday:
http://i.imgur.com/lcM2LhC.jpg

[Wolferz]

Pluto is just a solar system dingleberry.:haha:

[Aktungbby]

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!:yep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH0uR2u7Hs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH0uR2u7Hs) :sunny:

[Betonov]

https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11202847_1308548119174638_1514595897182161735_n.jp g?oh=800929d3975285a66240dc8b4572a24e&oe=56262EED

[Jimbuna]

I knew Pluto had lost the label of being a planet but didn't realise it was now known as a 'Dwarf World'.

[Aktungbby]

http://www.myastrologybook.com/HadesPlutoCarracciLevels1.20hi.jpg Rats! I don't even rate my own planet any more!:wah:https://dj1hlxw0wr920.cloudfront.net/userfiles/wyzfiles/501c0ec5-fff5-44f9-b058-4df11604e755.png

[Dowly]

New Horizons' not the only probe that was eyeballing Pluto lately.
Rosetta took a photo of it too on Sunday.
http://i.imgur.com/7cF3g2E.jpg
Left: The unprocessed image is obscured by dust grains in comet 67P’s coma. Middle: Pluto’s background of stars as seen from Rosetta. Right: The processed image shows Pluto as a bright spot within the blue circle.

[Torplexed]

My God, it's full of superlatives!

http://401stblow.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/its-full-of-stars.jpg

[mapuc]

Did he really say "superlatives!"

I recall from the movie "My God it's..(this is what I can recall)

Markus

[Torplexed]

Did he really say "superlatives!"

I recall from the movie "My God it's..(this is what I can recall)

Markus


Actually, the phrase, 'My God it's full of stars" is not from the 1968 movie 2001 A Space Odyssey itself, but from the novelization that screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke wrote at the same time as the screenplay. The book describes the scene in which astronaut Bowman is entering the monolith star gate, and he says the following phrase just before losing contact with Mission Control: “The thing’s hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it’s full of stars!”

And my attempt at humor was full of holes. :D

[Wolferz]

Actually, the phrase, 'My God it's full of stars" is not from the 1968 movie 2001 A Space Odyssey itself, but from the novelization that screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke wrote at the same time as the screenplay. The book describes the scene in which astronaut Bowman is entering the monolith star gate, and he says the following phrase just before losing contact with Mission Control: “The thing’s hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it’s full of stars!”

And my attempt at humor was full of holes. :D

You've been downgraded from comedian to humorous fellow.:03::O:

[Wolferz]

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!:yep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH0uR2u7Hs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH0uR2u7Hs) :sunny:
When it comes to dingleberries, the solar system got nuthin on Uranus.
:rock:

[Dowly]

Today's brief & image reveal live now:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[Oberon]

Some epic stuff there, I think Plutos age just got revised somewhat, lots of activity on the surface and not a great deal of craters there either. :yep:
Fantastic to also get some beautifully high-res shots of Charon as well. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Some epic stuff there, I think Plutos age just got revised somewhat, lots of activity on the surface and not a great deal of craters there either. :yep:
Fantastic to also get some beautifully high-res shots of Charon as well. :yeah:

Rgr that...amazing stuff :sunny:

[Dowly]

Slice of Charon:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nh-charon-inset.jpg

More to come later at 1pm EST. :yeah:

[Betonov]

That Charons mountain inside a hole is really interesting :up:

[Dowly]

Friday's brief starting in few minutes: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[Gargamel]

That Charons mountain inside a hole is really interesting :up:

Looks like an impact crater at a very steep angle to me. They commonly have rebound mountains in the middle.


FYI, Charon was not named after the ferryman of Mythology, but after the discover's wife, Charlene. He only decided to stick with it after learned later that it was also the name of the ferryman and fitting for the system. But he insists it is pronounced like Sharon, not the ferryman with a K sound, and the name and pronunciation stuck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Discovery

[Aktungbby]

https://ionechicagodefender.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/rosettaprojclaudiaalex.jpg?w=496&h=628http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-0719-claudia-alexander-20150718-story.html (http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-0719-claudia-alexander-20150718-story.html) http://chicagodefender.com/2015/07/18/nasa-scientist-claudia-alexander-dies-at-56/ (http://chicagodefender.com/2015/07/18/nasa-scientist-claudia-alexander-dies-at-56/) BEST PLACE TO POST IMHO: That such a vital leader in satellite exploration should pass just now is an irony. In 2003, she became Galileo project manager, guiding efforts to destroy the venerable spacecraft to prevent it from accidentally crashing into and contaminating any of Jupiter's moons.(obeying the "prime directive"!)
She had also served as a science coordinator on the Cassini mission to Saturn. At the time of her death, Dr. Alexander was project manager for the United States’ involvement in the international Rosetta Project, which marked the first time a spacecraft rendezvoused with a comet.:salute:

[Wolferz]

Dwarf planet has a tail of plasma (ionized particles of nitrogen atmo being stripped off by the solar winds)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/nasa-just-found-something-big-hiding-out-behind-pluto/ar-AAdaoQp?ocid=iehp

Even way out there you're not immune to solar bombardment.:huh:

[Torplexed]

Yeah, they're smiling for the camera, but you can't help but wonder if they're thinking: " I sent a probe to 7.5 billion kilometers to Pluto for less than the cost of a NFL stadium and all I got was this pithy bumper sticker." :O:

http://cellar.org/2015/bumper%20snicker.jpg

[eddie]

They said on the news, because of the great distance involved and the time it takes for signal to travel back to earth, we have only seen between 1 and 2% of the pictures Horizon has taken. Can't wait to see what's coming in the future,lol

[Wolferz]

An ice cube? Pluto is shrouded in haze that extends a good distance into it's atmo and the surface shows signs of ice flows.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/conditions-on-pluto-incredibly-hazy-with-flowing-ice/ar-AAdrdBZ?ocid=iehp

[Torplexed]

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/pluto_gif.gif

[Jeff-Groves]

I want to know where Planet Goofy is.
:hmmm:

Oh wait! I'm standing on it!

[magic452]

You're standing/sitting on it. :/\\!! :/\\!! :know:

Magic