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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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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elakdawalla Keck AO photo of Pluto system Oct 12 2007, 03:38 PM
nprev Oh, man...that is just distilled & purified co... Oct 12 2007, 04:13 PM stevesliva Sharper... but better? I recall some albedo mappi... Oct 12 2007, 05:01 PM PDP8E Here is the Hubble/Pluto pix
I wonder if we will ... Oct 12 2007, 05:39 PM
ugordan Pluto-Express? Oct 12 2007, 05:45 PM elakdawalla Those Hubble albedo maps are models, based upon ma... Oct 12 2007, 05:53 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 12 2007, 05:53 P... Oct 12 2007, 06:10 PM tedstryk Here is one of the actual views from the FOC set t... Oct 12 2007, 07:07 PM jgoldader QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 12 2007, 03:07 PM) ... Oct 14 2007, 04:01 AM ustrax QUOTE (jgoldader @ Oct 14 2007, 05:01 AM)... Oct 15 2007, 09:43 AM stevesliva QUOTE (jgoldader @ Oct 14 2007, 12:01 AM)... Oct 15 2007, 08:16 PM JRehling QUOTE (stevesliva @ Oct 15 2007, 01:16 PM... Oct 16 2007, 12:14 AM PDP8E Oh Yeah...New Horizons... Oct 12 2007, 05:54 PM elakdawalla Oops -- sorry! I must have been thinking of s... Oct 12 2007, 07:02 PM PhilCo126 The never-ending discussion, (very or overwhelming... Oct 12 2007, 07:28 PM scalbers Here is William Johnston's Pluto map (scroll t... Oct 12 2007, 09:12 PM Louise Sharples Nicely separated, but no surface details, unlike t... Oct 12 2007, 09:31 PM tedstryk QUOTE (Louise Sharples @ Oct 12 2007, 09... Oct 12 2007, 10:12 PM nprev This is probably a dumb question (yeah, putting on... Oct 13 2007, 12:35 AM tedstryk The mutual events in the 1980s were at equinox, an... Oct 13 2007, 02:17 AM  |
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