From: ken@home.nz.retro.com   
      
   "Big John"  wrote in message   
   news:Gkxzf.12864$PL5.4452@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...   
   > A country boy with an interest in space is wondering how long will it   
   > take photos to get back to Earth from "New Horizons", once it arrives in   
   > the Pluto neighborhood? I've read a lot of stuff about the flight, but   
   > haven't seen that.   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
   > BJ   
      
   The distance is something of the order of 5.7x10^9 km; dividing by the speed   
   of light (about 3x10^5km/s) then gives us (about) 1.6x10^4 seconds, or about   
   44 and 1/2 hours.   
      
   Incidentally (and this may sound pedantic but it's not) it is an image, not   
   a photo. The image is scanned, and transmitted, pixel by pixel, line by   
   line, not taken as a snapshot.   
      
   Cheers.   
      
   Ken   
      
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