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New Horizons late cruise, 500 Millions kms - ~200 million kms
Bjorn Jonsson
post May 20 2014, 10:11 PM
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New Horizon's distance from Pluto drops below 500 million km today. The main thread here has been active since before launch and until today.

Today is an appropriate day for a new thread and there are also less than 14 months until Pluto arrival (time flies!). The coming months will see more spacecraft activity than in recent years with optical navigation images of Pluto/Charon, images of Neptune etc.

The next 14 months are going to be interesting to say the least.
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Lucas
post Aug 6 2014, 11:29 AM
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Here is a press release about the radio telescope observations of Pluto & Charon using ALMA:

http://public.nrao.edu/news/pressreleases/alma-pluto

Neat two-frame animation of the orbital motion smile.gif
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- Bjorn Jonsson   New Horizons late cruise   May 20 2014, 10:11 PM
- - James S.   Interesting is an understatement. This is going to...   May 20 2014, 10:30 PM
- - Alan Stern   Yes, and to think, 2014 is the last year when no o...   May 20 2014, 11:03 PM
|- - MahFL   I was looking at Yaohua2000's website yesterda...   May 21 2014, 10:12 AM
- - James S.   Mr. Stern, I would like to thank you so much for N...   May 21 2014, 01:54 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (James S. @ May 21 2014, 02:54 PM) ...   May 21 2014, 09:13 PM
- - JohnVV   I am eagerly waiting to update my two textures for...   May 21 2014, 06:43 PM
- - elakdawalla   A question on behalf of Alan: New Horizons accompl...   Jul 15 2014, 12:24 PM
- - Alan Stern   Nice piece on our optical navigation plans, writte...   Jul 21 2014, 04:27 PM
- - elakdawalla   Which reminds me, I got an answer to my question a...   Jul 21 2014, 04:38 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2014, 04:38 P...   Jul 21 2014, 04:47 PM
- - jasedm   It's a very busy little system down to the lim...   Jul 21 2014, 07:37 PM
- - punkboi   https://twitter.com/NewHorizons2015/status/...4711...   Jul 25 2014, 03:10 AM
- - JohnVV   a close up   Jul 25 2014, 03:24 AM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Denoised and edited brightness.   Jul 25 2014, 08:35 AM
- - Gerald   Cleaned (by subtracting several intersects of hori...   Jul 25 2014, 11:55 AM
- - Lucas   Here is a press release about the radio telescope ...   Aug 6 2014, 11:29 AM
- - lunaitesrock   Movie of Charon orbiting Pluto from LORRI images c...   Aug 8 2014, 12:52 PM
|- - Aldebaran   By my calculation, an observer on New Horizons wil...   Aug 11 2014, 10:47 AM
|- - tolis   QUOTE (lunaitesrock @ Aug 8 2014, 01:52 P...   Aug 15 2014, 03:23 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (tolis @ Aug 15 2014, 03:23 PM) It...   Aug 15 2014, 05:25 PM
- - algorithm   As I said in another thread, it is probably better...   Aug 15 2014, 06:28 PM
- - jasedm   Reading through the latest 'significant events...   Sep 1 2014, 09:50 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 1 2014, 11:50 AM) IIR...   Sep 1 2014, 01:14 PM
- - jasedm   The images in question are N00228384, N00228385 an...   Sep 1 2014, 03:08 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 1 2014, 05:08 PM) The...   Sep 1 2014, 03:15 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 1 2014, 03:08 PM) (I ...   Sep 1 2014, 04:47 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Sep 1 2014, 05:47 ...   Sep 1 2014, 07:25 PM
- - Alan Stern   Debuting today! Pluto Picture of the Day (PPOD...   Sep 1 2014, 05:28 PM
|- - Xerxes   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 1 2014, 10:28 AM)...   Sep 8 2014, 02:52 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Xerxes @ Sep 8 2014, 02:52 PM) Is ...   Sep 8 2014, 03:50 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 8 2014, 03:50 PM)...   Sep 14 2014, 01:24 AM
|- - Aldebaran   A question from a layman: New Horizons is curre...   Sep 14 2014, 09:29 AM
- - jasedm   Yes, sorry Gordan, I've been looking at the la...   Sep 1 2014, 07:08 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (jasedm @ Sep 1 2014, 07:08 PM) Yes...   Sep 1 2014, 07:13 PM
- - jasedm   Bookmarked - thanks! Great to know we're...   Sep 1 2014, 07:39 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   When the resolution gets down to about 100 km per ...   Sep 2 2014, 05:21 AM
- - vjkane   I read that Alan Stern showed an image at a recent...   Sep 2 2014, 10:24 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (vjkane @ Sep 3 2014, 12:24 AM) Doe...   Sep 2 2014, 10:28 PM
- - SpaceListener   An interesting and detailed report about the comme...   Sep 2 2014, 10:38 PM
- - Astroboy   PBS better air a "Pluto All Night" speci...   Sep 3 2014, 01:41 AM
- - nprev   Given the bit-rate from that distance, it might ha...   Sep 3 2014, 03:50 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 3 2014, 03:50 AM) Give...   Sep 3 2014, 04:01 AM
- - nprev   Outstanding! Suggestion: You should invite n...   Sep 3 2014, 11:53 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 4 2014, 12:53 AM) Outs...   Sep 4 2014, 01:14 PM
- - Astro0   UMSF has been riding along with New Horizons since...   Sep 4 2014, 09:44 AM
- - nprev   I should know better than to try to teach the teac...   Sep 4 2014, 04:34 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 4 2014, 05:34 PM) I sh...   Sep 5 2014, 06:51 PM
- - Gerald   It will very roughly move along a Kepler ellipse a...   Sep 14 2014, 10:15 AM
|- - Aldebaran   QUOTE (Gerald @ Sep 14 2014, 10:15 AM) It...   Sep 14 2014, 10:47 AM
- - John Sargent   LOONNNGGG time watcher, first time poster..... I ...   Sep 18 2014, 04:21 PM
|- - john_s   Sure- sunlight is about 1000x fainter on Pluto tha...   Sep 18 2014, 04:28 PM
- - Explorer1   The Sun would be a point, not a disc, but still be...   Sep 18 2014, 04:31 PM
- - djellison   I believe it's about 250x brighter than a full...   Sep 18 2014, 04:35 PM
- - Gerald   I guess, you intended to write "F1 to F38...   Sep 18 2014, 05:02 PM
- - djellison   Yeah - I as thinking of my 50mm F1.4 - but rounded...   Sep 18 2014, 05:16 PM
- - Roby72   A good way to simulate the brightness of the sun a...   Sep 18 2014, 08:18 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Roby72 @ Sep 18 2014, 09:18 PM) sh...   Sep 18 2014, 08:43 PM
|- - Gerald   QUOTE (Roby72 @ Sep 18 2014, 10:18 PM) A ...   Sep 18 2014, 10:09 PM
- - hendric   A fun experiment would to be get a room and cover ...   Sep 19 2014, 12:17 AM
- - scalbers   In terms of a total solar eclipse I agree with Ger...   Sep 20 2014, 04:26 PM
- - rogelio   ...yet another way to look at it: about as bright ...   Sep 20 2014, 04:53 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I moved a bunch of posts to this thread from the o...   Sep 22 2014, 09:25 PM
|- - Alan Stern   Today's awesome PPOD pic is at http://www.boul...   Sep 23 2014, 04:10 PM
- - Alan Stern   PPOD/Pluto Picture of the Day now has an indexed a...   Sep 27 2014, 04:15 PM
|- - Alan Stern   PPOD now allows you to sign up for push notificati...   Oct 2 2014, 06:49 PM
- - Superstring   Hey Alan, you've indicated before that the dat...   Oct 4 2014, 08:29 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Superstring @ Oct 4 2014, 08:29 PM...   Oct 4 2014, 10:11 PM
|- - Superstring   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Oct 4 2014, 10:11 PM)...   Oct 5 2014, 06:02 PM
- - Explorer1   I read an interview (somewhere, don't have the...   Oct 4 2014, 10:03 PM
- - scalbers   Interesting to see the PPOD 9/28 artist view, in l...   Oct 5 2014, 04:15 PM
- - Mercure   Reddit AMA with the New Horizons team, - Q&A b...   Oct 10 2014, 09:09 PM
|- - Alan Stern   This is the first of 10 Infographics being produce...   Oct 12 2014, 11:43 PM
|- - hendric   Looks great Alan! Getting so excited to see P...   Oct 13 2014, 05:31 AM
- - James S.   Very nice, Alan. Thank you for sharing. What blow...   Oct 13 2014, 02:54 PM
|- - DFinfrock   QUOTE (James S. @ Oct 13 2014, 03:54 PM) ...   Oct 13 2014, 11:32 PM
- - JohnVV   considering i had just turned 10 by Aug ( v2) and...   Oct 14 2014, 12:07 AM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Oct 14 2014, 11:07 AM) Al...   Oct 14 2014, 03:45 AM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Oct 14 2014, 02:45 PM) 2...   Oct 16 2014, 10:14 AM
- - nprev   Been seeing new worlds for the first time since Ma...   Oct 14 2014, 12:22 AM
- - climber   Went to Pasadena from France on a B707 to be part ...   Oct 14 2014, 12:33 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (climber @ Oct 14 2014, 12:33 AM) W...   Oct 14 2014, 03:41 AM
- - Julius   Is there going to be another planetfest like gathe...   Oct 14 2014, 06:56 PM
- - Mr Valiant   I'm sure there will be. Here in Australia, bac...   Oct 15 2014, 11:58 AM
- - Paolo   KBO targets for New Horizons (other than Pluto and...   Oct 15 2014, 05:05 PM
|- - Airbag   Question - would the major targeting for such an o...   Oct 15 2014, 05:41 PM
- - elakdawalla   After the flyby. The science plan for the encounte...   Oct 15 2014, 05:41 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 15 2014, 06:41 P...   Oct 15 2014, 05:52 PM
- - hendric   So, rough back-of-the-laptop calculation has a cru...   Oct 15 2014, 06:01 PM
- - ngunn   Wonderful news and big congratulations to the team...   Oct 15 2014, 06:16 PM
- - jasedm   Terrific news! Congratulations to all the team...   Oct 15 2014, 08:32 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Well I have to say it ... I always had faith in t...   Oct 16 2014, 05:31 AM
|- - Aldebaran   We'll soon see how similar Pluto is to Triton ...   Oct 16 2014, 09:57 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   They would most likely need to apply for Hubble ti...   Oct 16 2014, 07:33 PM
- - stevesliva   Mag 26.8 for PT1 ... according to Wikipedia, visib...   Oct 16 2014, 09:07 PM
|- - john_s   We will probably try to track these guys from the ...   Oct 16 2014, 09:24 PM
- - 0101Morpheus   I meant if they wanted to look for a scattered dis...   Oct 16 2014, 09:17 PM
- - nprev   John, this is probably a very premature question, ...   Oct 16 2014, 09:35 PM
|- - john_s   Yes, quite possibly, *if* it launches in 2018- we ...   Oct 16 2014, 10:33 PM
- - nprev   The NH final wakeup coverage is live now here. (be...   Dec 7 2014, 02:06 AM
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