Hello, I'm searching a High-resolution version of the artist impression by G. Bacon seen on:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0510/31plutomoons/

Can somebody point out a weblink for this ?
Thx in advance !
Philip

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/137120m...pluto1_full.jpg

Is this the one?

Found it here. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solars...bble_pluto.html

Yes indeed, the link shown at Astronomy Now didn't work ...
Thank You very much ... Merci beacoup !
Philip

Science/Astronomy:

* Pluto Colder Than Expected

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060103_pluto_cold.html

Earth-bound astronomers taking Pluto's temperature have confirmed suspicions
that the planet is colder than it should be. It's thought that the planet's
lower temperature is the result of interactions between its icy surface and thin
nitrogen atmosphere.


* The Planets in 2006

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/051230_night_sky.html

There is plenty to see, and SPACE.com provides an overview of the planets for
the coming year.

Here's another artwork of Pluto and Charon as seen from one of its "new" moons.

http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/pr0601image.html

This is from the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA press release on Pluto being colder than it should be.

I wonder why the artist assumed Pluto and Charon would have blue markings? What evidence is there for such a color on those worlds?

There is another piece of art depicting Pluto and Charon in this ESO news item.

They are not nearly quite as blue as the HS CfA one.


Observing a very rare occultation of a star by Pluto's satellite Charon from
three different sites, including Paranal, home of the VLT, astronomers were able
to determine with great accuracy the radius and density of the satellite to the
farthest planet. The density, 1.71 that of water, is indicative of an icy body
with about slightly more than half of rocks. The observations also put strong
constraints on the existence of an atmosphere around Charon. Read all the
details and see the images in ESO 02/06 at:

http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-02-06.html

Nice artworks of Pluto, its moons, New Horizons, and more here:

http://astrosurf.org/lombry/alienworlds-renderings.htm

A depiction of Pluto and Charon from the Japanese astronomy software
called Mitaka:

http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/html/program/mitaka/Pluto_Charon.jpg


And scroll down here for some graphics of Pioneer 10 flying past Jupiter,
Voyager 2 and Uranus, and Cassini and Saturn:

http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/html/program/mitaka/mtk_3D_mode.htm

Thanks for pointing these out ...
The same can be done with screenshots in the Celestia software ( if You added the extra spacecraft modules FREEly available below )

Amazing ( Free 3-D ) software: http://shatters.net/celestia/

and some nice add-ons: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/spacecraft.php