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Astra-Planetshine — Pluto Map (2015 Nov 10)
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Published: 2015-07-14 11:50:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 13816; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 723
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I will keep updating this file. woohoo!I also have Charon ---> fav.me/d91fyqf
You can use this map and share however you like.
Just remember, this was made with NASA/JPL/New horizons data. in case you live under a copyright rock.
CELESTIA USERS:
If you want Pluto to be facing Charon the correct way, you must change the position of the map on the horizontal position.
Simply open a paint program of your choice, then copy and paste the map so that the heart is split by the two right and left sides of the rectangle map, instead of the center. the heart should be facing away from Charon so it never sees it. No love for Charon! (i only have it offset wrong here, so that the HD tiles are in the center and easy to see, plus it is easier to update this way) its a ruff fix but it works, Charon is fine by the looks of things, don't worry about Charon.
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UPDATE (July 20 2015)
added the new HD tiles to the Heart shaped area on Pluto, did my best to blend them in with colours. download for full size. enjoy!
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UPDATE (July 21 2015)
Added another new HD tile to the left side of the Heart shaped area on Pluto, fits well to me! such a strange world.
the tile is from here pbs.twimg.com/media/CKdr0GgUsA…
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UPDATE (July 24 2015)
Added more new HD tiles to the TOP of the Heart today. more strange Pluto gets stranger!
tiles i added:
pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Enc…
pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Enc…
graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgrap…
and added better HD globe better then the last! graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgrap…
Now time to update Charon with 1 new tile!
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UPDATE (July 25 2015)
Just a slight colour and tile adjustment. The contrast is a bit high i think but I'm going to work with that for now its nothing i cant fix later.
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UPDATE (Sept 10 2015)
Added 4 new tiles on the sides of the heart shape! enjoy!
tiles are
pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Sc…
pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Sc…
and two top side corner tiles from here pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Sc… any other tiles i will be waiting for pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Enc… to update with raw tiles. my hand hurts now from doing all these tiles! lol enjoy~
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UPDATE (Sept 16 2015)
added new HD global image to Pluto and adjusted colours. i have 1 more tile to put on but i'm to tired for today
tile is planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/ass… and re-aligned other HD tiles to it. i dont know if i will make the image any bigger in resolution. its already huge and takes a long time to work with on my computer its so big. enjoy!
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UPDATE (Sept 26 2015)
Added this amazing image to rest of Pluto globe and lots of colour fixing. www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fil…
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UPDATE (Sept 29 2015)
map alignment adjustments and colour fixing.
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UPDATE (Oct 08 2015)
map slight colour fixing.
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UPDATE (Nov 07 2015)
Map contrast boost to suit raw approach photos. very slight colour adjust too.
Added better transition and slightly more HD mapping east of the heart.
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UPDATE (Nov 07 2015)
Fixing colour and brightness all over.
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There were new processing showing Pluto in true colour .
I made a texture based on them:
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Nice! its good to see natural colour maps <3
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post this somewhere ells.
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Not vandalized, reported. Plus you should report Pug-Kai's so called, "MrSpace43-Celestia vandalized" because he is a stupid idiotic hater, not knowing that I was not vandalizing!
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I would really like to see an updated map of Pluto, because now there are more images available than when this map was last updated. Maybe it would be easier for you to make a new map than to update this one.
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Ok but can you make a true color map out of these two:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cata…
www.planetary.org/multimedia/s…
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it would be a huge amount of work to compleetly remake this map. i do hope to add to the charon map though once i can.
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Update
i.imgur.com/ESbnW2Q.jpg
i.imgur.com/jpMJHG3.png
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Lots of new images added today! New ones are marked with a red square.
i.imgur.com/x2AvWKA.jpg
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When you make your next version of the Pluto/Charon maps, you should use the albedo maps given on page 26+28 of arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/160…
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oh ok i can try = )
sorry i haven't done much with it though lately, been so busy with my job i fall asleep after work.
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Don't worry 
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i will problaby just do the charon map = ) the unknown areas need some good updateing wiht the images here. i am quite happy with my Pluto map at the moment, plus doing anything to it would be so complicated at this point i don't know how i could work with it ^^';
i still got to work on Charon map. i got a long weekend so i might do it = ) along with a few other projects i want to do
cheers ^^
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Hey! Nice to hear that you're back into it^^
I think your decision is right, and a new map of Charon is actually more important than one for Pluto. NASA has recently released an updated Pluto map, but nothing similar for Charon. So we really need you to fill in that gap
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eh i am sorta back into it. lol
for sure lol. i just hope i can get to it before nasa does i guess. it shouldn't be to hard just takes a lot of time. soon i hope!
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I made compilations of the LORRI images of Pluto's and Charon's 'far side'. You may want to use these as a guideline to see what images you have to add since your last update. If you want you can use my processings for your map, since it is unlikely that the new images will be published in an official processed version for a very long time (probably not before 2017).
i.imgur.com/MTV7JvN.png
i.imgur.com/eEYBHRi.png
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oh my. these would have been nice to have had a long time ago! lol
thank you. i will try and use them as best as i can = ) hope i can add them easily to my maps without having to redo parts.
if newer views come in let me know if you can = )
cheers!
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Here is the complete version: i.imgur.com/c7BLTv2.png
And there are some from the hours before closest approach that are still on the spacecraft:
Date Range Already on the ground?
2015-07-13 04:04 UT 1.6M km NO
2015-07-13 04:24 UT 1.6M km NO
2015-07-13 06:35 UT 1.5M km NO
2015-07-13 07:22 UT 1.4M km NO
2015-07-13 07:35 UT 1.4M km NO
2015-07-13 14:36 UT 1.1M km NO
2015-07-13 16:17 UT 1.0M km YES
2015-07-13 19:25 UT 0.8M km NO
2015-07-13 19:37 UT 0.8M km NO
2015-07-13 19:50 UT 0.8M km NO
2015-07-13 20:03 UT 0.8M km YES
2015-07-13 20:14 UT 0.8M km YES
2015-07-13 20:17 UT 0.8M km YES
2015-07-13 20:56 UT 0.7M km YES
2015-07-13 23:12 UT 0.6M km NO
2015-07-14 00:33 UT 0.6M km NO
2015-07-14 02:37 UT 0.5M km NO
2015-07-14 02:50 UT 0.4M km YES
2015-07-14 04:07 UT 0.4M km NO
2015-07-14 08:14 UT 0.2M km YES
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Thanks for posting, and maintaining! I'm going to include this in a mobile VR solar system tour project (still in early stages):
github.com/owntheweb/VR-Solar-…
I'll be sure to give credit and link back.
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no problem and looks cool! that would be awesome! don't forget i also have a Charon map too.
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Thanks for the welcome (I need to start posting stuff!), and thanks for the Llama!! AND thanks for you blessing in using your map.
I'll keep you posted on updates. I was knocked off track with other tasks but was unable to re-rail the train today. Moving forward like crazy now. I even have a volunteer putting a narrative script together. It looks like we'll have a comedy duo edutainment piece. 
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no problem! and ok cool keep me updated! i wish i had some VR goggles to see the work you are doing! but i will keep you in mind for the future when i do get some = ) it is nice to hear you are advancing forward it sounds fun!
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Now you have to do is use Master-Bit's takes on Pluto and Charon and fill in the missing data.
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i would say the same thing i replied on Charon = )
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superb (I don't forget my how-to make texture planet. I will do it, don't worry)
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glad you like it = )
(no worries at all ^^ )
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This map of Pluto is amazing !!
Look what I got to do with the old maps of Pluto and Charon:
celestia-oficial.deviantart.co…
Thank you for available
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Thanks I'm glad you enjoy it! ^^ Unfortunately the link you gave me gives me an error 
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Can you please use the eastern parts from this image in your next update?
commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…
Also, I noticed you removed the bright spot in Cthulhu regio.
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I think this image is actually better
pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Enc…
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Sure i can = ) and i can try to bring that spot back, i wasn't sure if it was just an error but now i see it actually is there. they are just little things for now, i have a few other art projects that i want to finish first.
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Hey, great! 
Waiting for the Charon-shine images to be released now.
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Im wondering if the images of the surfaces illuminated by Pluto's haze could be of use?
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Doubtful... I would wait till the charonshine images are procressed and released, and then see if the haze illumination could be of any use.
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But remember that the Charon shine images will be at a much lower resolution than the haze illuminated images.
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Yes, but I hope they will be at higher signat-to-noise-ratio, too.
I think it is best to wait for the charonshine images and then compare maps of the haze illuminated areas with results from actual haze illumination. If it turns out that the visible details are not artifacts, but real, then the higher-resolution data can be used.
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Yeah, you're right...
Btw I calculated that about 80% of Pluto's surface will be mapped once the Charon-shine images are released.
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Sounds correct. Here's the region imaged in charonshine. So the only area not mapped will be south of the heart.
i.imgur.com/56KGR9L.jpg
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The area imaged in Charon-shine is actually much smaller since it illuminates only the side of Pluto always facing Charon and nothing above 30 degree latitude will be visible to the spacecraft because of Pluto's tilt. Just look at Bjorn Jonssons flyby video.
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Yes, what I wrote was not completely correct. The map above shows what regions are illuminated by Charon. But all unknown southern terrains that were illuminated have also been actually imaged. Here's the simulated view at time of image.
i.imgur.com/v7FAQgl.jpg
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thanks! for sure, hope they come out soon!
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Looking good!
I've created a celestia implementation with the newly released navigation data, including your maps, and the encounter with 2014 MU69:
www.file-upload.net/download-1…
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thanks! Though i do have some small colour bits i dont like that but ill deal with them another time.
oh wow nice ill check it out!
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