Galaxies Astronomy Club
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We keep our star talk down to earth! Beginning stargazers, professional astronomers, armchair astronauts and the cosmologically curious are all invited to join us. Galaxies Astronomy Club was founded in 1994.
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New Horizons Is Awake At Pluto The Planets + Pluto!
From: Cstar1
6/13/15
Yep. I think it's 30 days from now. I hope it's close enough for some really sharp pictures - I don't think I've read about what the expectations are. Cassini-like?
From: Cstar1
6/16/15
First visit to Pluto could rewrite the solar system's story
Pluto: welcome to the planet that was (Image: Marie Bergeron) FOUR and a half light-hours from Earth, a small planet is about to get a small visitor. On 14 July, NASA's New Horizons craft will skim within just 13,000 kilometres of Pluto, entering a hitherto-unexplored zone of the solar system.
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From: Cstar1
6/16/15
NewHorizons2015 @NewHorizons2015 One month to Pluto, on track, all clear! http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150615 …
From: Cstar1
6/17/15
Hubble to the rescue! The last-ditch effort to discover a Kuiper belt target for New Horizons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla 17-06-2014 11:59 CDT Topics: trans-neptunian objects, New Horizons, astronomy and astrophysics spacecraft, Hubble Space Telescope, explaining science Will New Horizons have a mission after Pluto? Back when New Horizons launched in 2006, Alan Stern did not expect to be asking that question in the summer of 2014.
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From: Cstar1
6/24/15
Want to build your own model of New Horizons? 3D printable plans available here.
