Keck AO photo of Pluto system, Sharper than Hubble! |
Keck AO photo of Pluto system, Sharper than Hubble! |
Oct 12 2007, 03:38 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
University of Hawaii Astronomer Takes Sharpest Picture of Pluto System
"Almost 30 years after the discovery of Pluto's large moon, Charon, a University of Hawaii astronomer [David Tholen] has used a ground-based telescope to take an image of the Pluto system that exceeds the sharpness possible with the Hubble Space Telescope..." And still at least 6 years until spaceborne telescopes will do better than groundbased adaptive optics systems...wonder if JWST (due to launch in 2013) or New Horizons (approaching Pluto in 2015) will get there first? --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 12 2007, 04:13 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oh, man...that is just distilled & purified cool...thanks, Emily! Gotta love Pluto's 122 deg axial tilt...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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