So they’re using Hubble to get a view of Pluto, but the pictures leave much to be desired. I understand optics enough to understand how they could see so far away, but why couldn’t terrestrial multi-optic telescopes get a really clear view of Pluto from here? For that matter, why can’t Hubble or other high-powered scopes get better, closer, clearer views of planets in our solar system? It seems we’re creating scopes that can see farther and farther out, but we can’t get close-up, high-resolution images of plants in our own solar system.
They move.........
After several thousand years of civilization, they are the best images ever acquired.
Pluto is difficult to image because it is small, very far away, and light intensity follows the inverse square law.