Pluto

[red321]

 

 

New Horizons flyby of Pluto and moons begins on July 14...

[Jason]

Is it back to being a planet again?

[ELEVEN]

I thought it was a dog. And wtf is Goofy supposed to be?

[HaloFan85]

I think this happens next month.

 

We're finally going to get to see more than just a fuzzy dot..  This will be very exciting.

[Mark68]

Looks like a really cool game trailer.

 

So what's next (other than manned trips to Mars)? Further exploration of Titan & Europa? Will be interesting to see when that will be pulled off.

 

So does the Enterprise crew end up finding New Horizons instead of Voyager ("Veeger")?

[mrwicked]

i thought the title said puto.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

i thought the title said puto.

 

We're going to explore that, too.

[Brandon]

Thought this was about the 5 time Oscar winner

 

[HaloFan85]

Real color preview of Pluto and orbital moon.  This time next month should be crystal clear

 

 

 

[Jay]

cool

[red321]

Real color preview of Pluto and orbital moon.  This time next month should be crystal clear

 

 

 

 

That looks like a bad atari game

Edited June 25, 2015 by red321

[red321]

I remember this from a few years ago

 

 

 

If you go to you tube you can watch it in 4k. dude built this from still images

[Jay]

Pretty brilliant how they planned the trajectory and intercepted all the planets.  Interesting how it went past Jupiter in 1973 and then Mercury in 1974?

[HaloFan85]

That looks like a bad atari game

Yeah, I'm sure the HD cameras are safely tucked away until the time comes to enter orbit.

 

I just like the orbital movement.  You can literally see the moon 'pulling' on Pluto.

 

Can't wait for mid-late July to see the high resolution shots.

[HaloFan85]

Pluto beginning to come into focus.

 

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-from-new-horizons-july-8-2015

 

 

[HaloFan85]

Looks a little like Mars, no?

[gotbeer]

Looks like Earth in about 4 years when we run out of water.

 

But it does look like a planet.

[HaloFan85]

 

 

Pluto and Charon have a similar relationship to us and our own Moon.  I wonder if Charon has given life, in a geological sense, to Pluto's core causing things like tectonic movement.

[gotbeer]

 

Getting closer.  

[InsideThePark]

added: seriously, the only reason i can talk about any of this is because i watch astronomy documentaries to fall asleep every night. the universe, through the wormhole, and degrasse has this AWESOME series of lectures for laymen like me that are on amazon (costs a little bit though):

http://www.amazon.com/Watch-Trailer/dp/B00P52ENOW/ref=sr_1_1/183-3707563-6043015?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1434949744&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%3ANeil+deGrasse+Tyson&pebp=1434949746521&perid=1BSTXJD5TZY149SHZXRC

Have you seen Cosmos? I'm starting to get a little more into this universe stuff myself lately and I found that gem on Netflix. So far I've only watched the first two episodes but the series got such high marks that I don't expect it to lose momentum. You should check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

Netflix also has The Universe so I'll probably watch that after I finish Cosmos.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If you mean the original Cosmos with Carl Sagan, got heavily into it in the 80s when it first aired, have the series on DVD. The latest one is good but not like the original.

[InsideThePark]

Never saw the original so I can't speak to it but from what I've read, it was groundbreaking and still holds up great today. I may have to watch that, too.

[the dude abides]

If you want to dive further, Coursera and edX have a shitload of astronomy related courses you can audit for free.

Fascinating stuff.

[fan_since79]

The Pluto flyby starts at 4:49 am tomorrow pacific time. I don't know why NASA has a live broadcast planned, as it will take 4.5 hours for any signals to reach us from the spacecraft. But here it is anyway:

 

http://www.space.com/29931-pluto-flyby-new-horizons-nasa-webcasts.html

[gotbeer]

 

Ok, that is one impressive photo.