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It is too early. The maximum rate happens in a couple of hours from now. You are effectively watching expectantly for Ian Bell to be bowled out at 9 a.m. - wait two hours and one minute and you will be certain to see what you seek.AHB wrote:I've seen six tiddlers in 30 minutes. I'm not impressed.
New Horizons is not scheduled to send new images until mid September. It is currently sending detailed data from the closest pass (not all pictures) and from mid September onward there will be weekly releases of data and/or pictures.jdaw1 wrote:The New Horizons spacecraft is far away, so pictures download slowly. But there haven’t been any new images for weeks (image gallery): why?
The Dawn spacecraft is not so far away, but also hasn’t had any new images for weeks (image gallery): why?
Once you pass the 9th Planet there isn't much of any size out therejdaw1 wrote:It is about as big as Nix.
With the moons added into the corners, that would make a very difficult 1600-piece jigsaw.PhilW wrote:Latest detailed colour image of Pluto from New Horizons (70MB PNG).
Not unless I buy an Apollo rocket on Ebay and get myself to within a few km of the surfacePhilW wrote:Latest detailed colour image of Pluto from New Horizons (70MB PNG).
Derek - are you able to create a similarly (or more) detailed one of the moon using your equipment?
I must try to get there one day and we can try out your theoryAndy Velebil wrote:Last weekend I spent up in the mountains (a tad above 6,000 feet). While I sat on the deck on a very clear dark evening, with a glass of Port in hand, watching the stars, and looking for satellites streaking by, I though "If only DRT was here with his telescope I may actually see something really cool."
That would be a "blood moon", yes? In which case co-incidence with super-moon would make it all the more unusual. Good luck with the skies, and hope you get some excellent pictures.DRT wrote:For those with an interest in such things this is notice of a Lunar Eclipse that will occur in the early hours of Monday morning. Unusually, this will coincide with a Super-Moon event so the Moon will appear larger than normal.
Yes, that is what it has become known as relatively recently.PhilW wrote:That would be a "blood moon", yes?
PhilW wrote:Only recently? I thought the "moon turning to blood" was Old Testament (maybe New, I forget - it does sound more like something that would come from Revelations).
The book referred to, written by a nutter, seems to predict that this current tetrad signals the end of the world.[url=http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015#why]Here[/url] EarthSky.com wrote:Why is the term Blood Moon being used to mean a full moon of a lunar tetrad?
We can’t really tell you why more and more people are using the term Blood Moon to describe the four full moons of a lunar tetrad. We don’t know why, exactly.
Here’s the definition of a lunar tetrad, again: four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial eclipses in between, each of which is separated from the other by six lunar months (six full moons). There’s no obvious reason why Blood Moon should be associated with this term.
To the best of our knowledge, however, the use of the term Blood Moon to describe a lunar tetrad is of recent origin. It might have originated with John Hagee’s 2013 book.
We’re still not sure whether Blood Moon pertains to the full moon of any tetrad, or specifically to a tetrad that coincides with the feasts of Passover and Tabernacles.
Either way, the nouveau definition of Blood Moon has definitely gained traction during the interval of the ongoing tetrad, the four total lunar eclipses of 2014 and 2015
A slightly different definition than I expected; I thought the "moon turning to blood" or "blood moon" simply referred to any lunar eclipse, where the moon appears to turn red, as opposed to anything to do with lunar tetrads; though it sounds like the latter is a new/nouveau/recent redefinition of the term.DRT wrote:PhilW wrote:Only recently? I thought the "moon turning to blood" was Old Testament (maybe New, I forget - it does sound more like something that would come from Revelations).[url=http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015#why]Here[/url] EarthSky.com wrote:Why is the term Blood Moon being used to mean a full moon of a lunar tetrad?
Bring sunscreen its slightly warmer and with a tad more sun here. But the port will be kept cool so it's ok.DRT wrote:I must try to get there one day and we can try out your theoryAndy Velebil wrote:Last weekend I spent up in the mountains (a tad above 6,000 feet). While I sat on the deck on a very clear dark evening, with a glass of Port in hand, watching the stars, and looking for satellites streaking by, I though "If only DRT was here with his telescope I may actually see something really cool."
