New Pluto images discussed |
New Pluto images discussed |
 Feb 2 2010, 10:23 AM
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Telecon announcement (via Jupiter List - thanks)
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jupiter_list/message/8170 |
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Feb 3 2010, 02:39 PM
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This image has my vote for "the best so far."
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Feb 3 2010, 05:36 PM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4405 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Here is a more natural take on one of the 1996 images (not my work).
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ngunn New Pluto images discussed Feb 2 2010, 10:23 AM
tedstryk This is going to be awesome. That's all I... Feb 2 2010, 02:51 PM
Webscientist Signs of cryovolcanic activities? Feb 2 2010, 05:15 PM ElkGroveDan Discovery of multiple bodies and/or rings? Feb 2 2010, 06:27 PM ugordan I'm starting to really hate this teasing and h... Feb 2 2010, 06:41 PM NickF Penguins? Feb 2 2010, 07:22 PM Hungry4info We're told that the HST images will help bette... Feb 2 2010, 07:51 PM ngunn You echo my own thoughts exactly there H4I (about ... Feb 2 2010, 08:01 PM Hungry4info The dark spots on Pluto were found by watching mut... Feb 2 2010, 08:02 PM ngunn Maybe it's those lightcurves that are now in n... Feb 2 2010, 08:47 PM NGC3314 Odd - the HST archive search doesn't show any ... Feb 2 2010, 09:01 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (NGC3314 @ Feb 2 2010, 03:01 PM) Ma... Feb 2 2010, 10:04 PM ngunn QUOTE (NGC3314 @ Feb 2 2010, 09:01 PM) Un... Feb 2 2010, 10:13 PM stevesliva QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 2 2010, 06:13 PM) Does... Feb 2 2010, 10:17 PM alan I see Mike Brown is involved, my guess:
On close ... Feb 2 2010, 10:08 PM stevesliva Searched sci.astro.hubble for "Kuiper."
... Feb 2 2010, 10:25 PM Hungry4info That, almost certainly, is what this is about. Feb 2 2010, 10:27 PM ElkGroveDan I get the feeling that rather than some kind of nu... Feb 2 2010, 10:49 PM ngunn Well done stevesliva! (Now, what's going o... Feb 2 2010, 10:52 PM volcanopele If the dates covered in that post are the dates th... Feb 3 2010, 12:05 AM stevesliva QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 2 2010, 08:05 PM... Feb 3 2010, 01:07 AM NGC3314 The archive lists 472 observations to date on prog... Feb 3 2010, 02:22 AM Hungry4info Doing a little research, I find that HST has alrea... Feb 3 2010, 01:22 PM ElkGroveDan Dark spots indeed. As we are a day away still, I... Feb 3 2010, 02:15 PM tedstryk I just saved this link a while back, but it is cle... Feb 3 2010, 07:29 PM elakdawalla Ted and Hungry4info, what are the sources of those... Feb 3 2010, 05:48 PM Hungry4info Ted's is HST (And was posted by ElkGroveDan as... Feb 3 2010, 05:55 PM machi QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Feb 3 2010, 03:15 PM... Feb 3 2010, 06:47 PM Hungry4info Are you sure? Comparing the images of Jupiter from... Feb 3 2010, 06:49 PM elakdawalla Here is a comparison of Hubble camera FOV and pixe... Feb 3 2010, 06:59 PM machi QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Feb 3 2010, 07:49 PM... Feb 3 2010, 07:28 PM tedstryk The ACS HRC had a far, far superior signal to nois... Feb 3 2010, 07:31 PM Stu Here's a link to the site covering the telecon... Feb 4 2010, 05:41 PM ElkGroveDan Does anyone know if there is a companion page wher... Feb 4 2010, 05:45 PM Stu Haven't found one yet... maybe a link will pop... Feb 4 2010, 05:48 PM elakdawalla They usually give the link when the conference sta... Feb 4 2010, 05:58 PM Stu Pix... http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/re... Feb 4 2010, 06:04 PM ElkGroveDan Wow! Got the video - nice! Feb 4 2010, 06:04 PM elakdawalla I think I'm going to ask what the magnitude of... Feb 4 2010, 06:09 PM ElkGroveDan Ask if they were able to also make observations of... Feb 4 2010, 06:26 PM MahFL Wow he noticed the colour change in 2002 and is on... Feb 4 2010, 06:31 PM MahFL She just asked the question. Feb 4 2010, 06:40 PM MahFL Lots of unknowns.......... Feb 4 2010, 06:43 PM Stu He already explained he doubted what he saw and ha... Feb 4 2010, 06:42 PM AndyG QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 4 2010, 06:42 PM) A HUGE... Feb 5 2010, 05:33 PM stevesliva QUOTE The Hubble images are a few pixels wide. But... Feb 4 2010, 06:44 PM elakdawalla Yes, Pluto is the closest of the big ones and the ... Feb 4 2010, 06:51 PM volcanopele I added the new map to my copy of Celestia, and he... Feb 4 2010, 10:15 PM Astro0 The surfaces changes between 1994 and 2002-03 are ... Feb 4 2010, 10:37 PM ngunn It would be nice to add into that animation the ea... Feb 4 2010, 10:42 PM Ian R Here's a fascinating "behind the scenes... Feb 4 2010, 10:46 PM tedstryk Marc Buie has posted the full paper, including the... Feb 5 2010, 04:28 AM Stu http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...arf-p... Feb 5 2010, 12:57 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 5 2010, 06:57 AM) Pluto ... Feb 5 2010, 03:17 PM tedstryk About 70 days out. Feb 5 2010, 03:28 PM tasp QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 5 2010, 09:28 AM) A... Feb 5 2010, 05:50 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 5 2010, 04:57 AM) http:/... Feb 6 2010, 04:39 AM tedstryk Also, there was a set taken with WF/PC2 and NICMOS... Feb 6 2010, 06:02 AM Julius Any plans for viewing Pluto between now and pluto ... Feb 5 2010, 01:21 PM tedstryk Yes - it says so in the press release, last senten... Feb 5 2010, 01:57 PM ngunn Anybody know at what range and how long before clo... Feb 5 2010, 03:11 PM ngunn Thanks. (I think I heard Mike say that future Hubb... Feb 5 2010, 03:48 PM tedstryk They will likely be somewhat poorer in spatial res... Feb 5 2010, 05:07 PM elakdawalla I think Buie mentioned during the briefing that it... Feb 6 2010, 04:09 PM tedstryk Quoting the abstract for the WFC3 observations, ... Feb 7 2010, 12:19 AM tedstryk It is worth noting that there was some darkening o... Feb 7 2010, 12:30 AM nprev Guess the big question here is whether we're s... Feb 7 2010, 05:27 AM Webscientist Why are the presumed deposits so globally asymmetr... Feb 7 2010, 08:48 AM hendric I think the slightest albedo difference would tend... Feb 7 2010, 05:44 AM ngunn QUOTE (hendric @ Feb 7 2010, 05:44 AM) I ... Feb 7 2010, 08:04 AM AndyG QUOTE (hendric @ Feb 7 2010, 05:44 AM) ..... Feb 7 2010, 09:54 PM ugordan QUOTE (AndyG @ Feb 7 2010, 10:54 PM) All ... Feb 7 2010, 09:59 PM AndyG QUOTE (ugordan @ Feb 7 2010, 09:59 PM) Da... Feb 8 2010, 11:55 PM nprev Ah! Yes, true; interesting how such a recent d... Feb 7 2010, 05:53 AM Phil Stooke Charon and Pluto are tidally locked.
Regarding ... Feb 7 2010, 01:19 PM tedstryk Yes, although Triton has much more subdued albedo ... Feb 7 2010, 01:24 PM Juramike QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 7 2010, 08:19 AM... Feb 7 2010, 03:01 PM Julius I wouldnt be surprised if Pluto has geysers like T... Feb 7 2010, 02:08 PM Hungry4info With as close as Pluto and Charon are, I would pre... Feb 7 2010, 07:12 PM nprev Re residual tidal energy dissipation: That's a... Feb 7 2010, 08:06 PM Fran Ontanaya I guess the mass displaced by the seasonal changes... Feb 8 2010, 01:20 AM Mixer Has anybody got a link to listen to the audio of t... Feb 8 2010, 02:46 AM hendric Where is the sub-Charon point on the map? My gues... Feb 8 2010, 03:34 AM volcanopele Anti-Charon hemisphere... Feb 8 2010, 04:03 AM imipak QUOTE (ugordan @ Feb 7 2010, 09:59 PM) Da... Feb 8 2010, 09:48 PM nprev All these comments certainly illuminate the potent... Feb 9 2010, 12:19 AM tasp Heating of the surface will certainly be a complex... Feb 9 2010, 12:53 AM remcook "Well, not during the three+ days of darkness... Feb 9 2010, 07:40 AM JohnVV just something i have been working on while taking... Feb 12 2010, 08:25 AM imipak Terrestrial climatology's a banned topic here;... Feb 13 2010, 07:48 PM Juramike QUOTE (imipak @ Feb 13 2010, 02:48 PM) Do... Feb 20 2010, 02:22 PM PhilCo126 I'm trying to get an idea of Pluto's ... Feb 20 2010, 11:01 AM djellison QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Feb 20 2010, 11:01 AM)... Feb 20 2010, 04:02 PM JohnVV "surely there's no "yellow" in ... Feb 20 2010, 06:21 PM Lunik9 Most NASA artist's impressions show a red-colo... Sep 20 2010, 03:59 PM |
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