Pluto - it's here and it's real !

Thanks for the updates Lads, the shots released already are just spectacular, bring on tomorrow!

Keith..

First image after the flyby reveals unexpected new features on Pluto!!











(Copied from medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/is-pluto-a-planet-now-8a4ea23e52a )

www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/WEB_2015_Pluto.pdf

Above is a link to a finder chart for it, if anyone wants to try and find it/imagine it

That last post should have read image it!

Has anyone ever tried to locate it?

Hi,

I have seen Pluto a few times over the years. My first time was on the night of 24-25 April 1992 with my Coulter 13.1" (33.3 cm) Dobsonian. At that time it was on the borders of Serpens and Libra. I had no computer charts in those days!

For a recent (i.e. 2014) image of Pluto I took see my website: Variable Star Nights
and follow the link to "Asteroids/EKB Objects".

John

A little off theme, but you mentioning your Coulter scope takes me back, the 10" version was my first real scope, ordered from the U.S. before the internet in the 80's. Cardboard tube, push pull focusser, no finder scope. I loved that scope.

Paul