Horizon - Pluto - Back from the Dead. Tonight!

[DaveS]

Tonight BBC2 at 9 o/c.

How data from New Horizons is changing our views on Pluto.

[Gina]

Tonight 9pm BBC 2 - Horizon is about Pluto - Back from the Dead.  From Radio Times :-

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There might be life on Pluto. It sounds far-fetched, but that’s the conclusion some scientists have reached, and it’s one of the unexpected new angles explored in this intriguing edition of Horizon.
The insights come courtesy of New Horizons, a tiny spacecraft that travelled 3.26 billion miles to the edge of the solar system, sending back detailed imagery that reveals a geologically fertile world with, among other features, a nitrogen glacier and a recently active volcano. Moreover, Pluto’s abundant supply of organic molecules and liquid water suggest some form of alien life might exist.

 

[Gina]

Oops - you beat me to it. 

[Ouroboros]

Is this a new documentary or a repeat?

[DaveS]

New.

[Stub Mandrel]

Oh Oh... Wimbledon. They'll probably repeat 2019 and cut Horizon off halfway through...

[Davey-T]

Starting shortly 

Dave

[Gina]

on now.

[Gina]

S'alright tis on...

[Ouroboros]

Watching. It was a toss up between Beethoven and Pluto. Pluto win. I’ll catch up with Ludwig later. 

[DaveS]

And not on iPlayer

[Stub Mandrel]

Good, but could have been 20-30 minutes shorter!

[DaveS]

Agree with the last point, we need an orbiter but it'll be a hell of a job, got to get there, and then slow into orbit. Pluto doesn't have much gravity to help.

Gonna need a bigger engine.

[JamesF]

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

And not on iPlayer

Also on BBC2 late on Thursday evening though.  11:25pm?

James

[Gina]

Good programme I thought.

[DaveS]

I watched live but was hoping to pick it up on iPlayer as I get full HD picture and better sound through my amp and speakers. My old 24" TV is theoretically HD but doesn't have an HD tuner.

Never mind, I have a 55" LG OLED coming from JL now they do a two man delivery and unpack.

[Gina]

Yes, that's true - it was a bit dragged out, I enjoyed it though.

[DaveS]

1 minute ago, Gina said:

Good programme I thought.

Yes, better than the usual Horizon fare.

[Gina]

1 minute ago, DaveS said:

Never mind, I have a 55" LG OLED coming from JL now they do a two man delivery and unpack.

WOW!!

Edited July 6, 2020 by Gina

[JamesF]

2 minutes ago, DaveS said:

I have a 55" LG OLED coming

55"!  Do you have to watch it from the end of the garden?

James

[Gina]

Or failing eyesight????!!!

[DaveS]

Haha, it's last year's top end model, heavily discounted. I could put it in one corner and watch it sat in front of the fire come winter.

[Tenor Viol]

That's been a problem with Horizon for the last 30 years - the content is very low. Back in the early 90s I taught an adult evening class in astronomy and I remember showing a short extract from the programme about supernova 1987A (the big one). The first 7 or 8 minutes were just a reconstruction of the discovery night - the arrival at the obs, opening up, setting up, choosing music....no actual meaningful content. I know someone else got their students to time an episode and discount any repeated content or 'scene setting' camera shots etc. Actual content was 12 minutes. 

The 'old days' of the 70s and early 80s where you got solid content and it wasn't dumbed down - it was pitched at Scientific American level. I rarely watch it these days because of that.   

[Gina]

My TV is 32" diagonal.  Suits me alright viewed at about 4 metres.

[Alien 13]

Yikes my TV is 65 inch and lives in a 3x3x3 meter cube that is my living room, hate those high ceilings...worst of all missed the program.

Alan