Observation by NASA New Horizons: Pluto and Charon

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NASA New Horizons

Observed

2015 Jul 08 - 08:54

Uploaded

2015 Jul 11 - 08:57

Objects

134340 Pluto

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h09^m
Dec: +51°22'
Position angle: -8°42'

Field size

0°08' × 0°05'

Location

3 million miles from Earth

Target name

Pluto

Title

Pluto and Charon

About this image

I couldn't let the New Horizons mission go unnoticed by Picture of the Week. We will doubtless be seeing much sharper and better images than this, so keep watching the news.

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