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 Sep 5 2006, 06:03 PM
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- Pluto-Bound Camera Sees 'First Light'
M7:  --- On Aug. 29, 2006, the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) opened its launch cover door and took its first image in space, of Messier 7, a star cluster in our Milky Way galaxy. The image shows the center of Messier 7, which was catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764, and described by Ptolemy around 130 A.D. Stars to at least 12th magnitude are clearly visible, meaning LORRI's sensitivity and noise levels in space are consistent with its pre-launch calibrations on the ground. Directionally, north is at the top of the images, east is to the left. --- -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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SigurRosFan LORRI First Light Sep 5 2006, 06:03 PM
stevesliva "Before then LORRI will focus on the Jupiter ... Sep 5 2006, 06:37 PM
tfisher Cool, its great to see that LORRI is working well... Sep 6 2006, 02:49 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (tfisher @ Sep 5 2006, 07:49 PM) Th... Sep 6 2006, 03:19 AM Comga QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 5 2006, 09:19 PM)... Sep 6 2006, 06:08 AM tfisher QUOTE (Comga @ Sep 6 2006, 02:08 AM) LORR... Sep 7 2006, 02:14 AM ustrax QUOTE (stevesliva @ Sep 5 2006, 07:37 PM)... Sep 6 2006, 01:35 PM ugordan They have to be downlinked first.
Not sure how ... Sep 6 2006, 01:38 PM hendric Seds page for amateur photos of M7. The middle im... Sep 6 2006, 04:51 PM Decepticon Any images yet?
When does full time observations... Sep 11 2006, 03:26 PM SigurRosFan I mean full time observations lasting from January... Sep 11 2006, 04:39 PM stevesliva New update from Alan, and a very candid one at tha... Sep 21 2006, 09:46 PM Jeff7 Hopefully there will be plenty of chances over the... Sep 21 2006, 10:45 PM nprev Well, according to Alan's update, one of the m... Sep 22 2006, 05:18 AM ugordan QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 22 2006, 06:18 AM) the... Sep 22 2006, 07:02 AM  |
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