Chester Astronomical Society is one of the world's oldest scientific societies going back to 1892. It hosts public lectures by amateurs and professionals alike and arranges visits to sites of technical interest.
Friday 17 July 2015
Pluto flyby: New Horizons
The New Horizons spacecraft successfully flew past Pluto on 14-Jul-2015. Remarkable pictures have been returned generating much surprise and debate among astronomers; we now know Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, have ice mountains higher than the Rockies and a gorge 5 times as deep as the Grand canyon. Lots of information and detail about the mission can be found on the NASA New Horizons web site here: NASA New Horizons
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