Image of Pluto taken July 4, 2005





My Pluto web page

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Heaven's Gate Observatory H47
32° 15' 59"N, 90° 51' 22"W
http://www.quantumhyperspace.com/

Incredible. That picture made me smile. How wonderful to see it in all of it's distantness and smallness.

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~ cogito cogito ergo cogito sum ~

Nothing in life is good nor bad; thinking makes it so.

I had to brighten/contrast the first pic somwhat to see pluto (need a new monitor), but upon doing so, much more surrounding detail emerged!

loverly!

way cool!

Really looking forward to the New Horizons mission. What will be found there?!

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Of all the things I've ever lost, I miss my mind the most!

Very cool!!!!!!!

Nice job on the photo!

Man, That's a pretty dark planet!

Thanks for all the comments and interest.

I have the complete story on how I imaged this thing along with all the problems I had to overcome on my pluto web page:

My Pluto Webpage

I will keep reimaging this little planet and try to make it even better next time.

There is nothing easy about doing a long exposure at f/10. You just keep trying and see what actually works.

Best wishes to all of you.

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Heaven's Gate Observatory H47
32° 15' 59"N, 90° 51' 22"W
http://www.quantumhyperspace.com/

Congratulations on such awesome work!!!,Charles!!I can remember how I felt when I observed Pluto for the first time thru a friend's 16" clock driven reflector.We did observe it over the course of 3 days to confirm its position!I could not see any difference in its position,however! I can only imagine how you felt,though,when your images came thru!!Congratulations...and we'll be waiting for more!!!! Bob D.,Johnston,RI