Observation by Mazin Younis: Haumea Dwarf Planet

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2026 May 04 - 22:30

Uploaded

2026 May 06 - 01:38

Objects

136108 Haumea

Equipment

PlaneWave CDK20
ASI 2600MC Duo

Exposure

9 x 60s

Location

King's Academy - Jordan

Title

Haumea Dwarf Planet

About this image

This is the most distant object in the Solar System I’ve captured, using a PlaneWave CDK20 telescope based in Jordan, which I can operate remotely from Manchester.

Haumea is now about 7.32 billion km away, roughly 2 billion km farther than Pluto. It’s a rapidly rotating, elongated (egg-shaped) dwarf planet with a highly eccentric orbit, as well as a ring system and two known moons.

Files associated with this observation

Humea_9min_baa.jpg (290.8 kB)

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