Thursday, September 27, 2012

Gemini Observatory Takes Sharpest Ground-Based Images Ever Of Pluto And Charon

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112701833/gemini-pluto-charon-092712/

September 27, 2012 - redOrbit
Pluto, the dwarf planet (ex-number-nine), and its larger companion Charon, recently posed for astronomers. Using the high-resolution Gemini North 8-meter telescope along with reconstructive speckle imaging, astronomers were able to capture the twin extrasolar planetary system, providing the sharpest ground-based images of the deep-space dwellers.