Pluto on New Horizons encounter day

Posted by Rod Pommier
on Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Pluto on the night of the New Horizons' closest approach, July 14, 2015. Pluto is located in a heavily populated area of the Sagittarius Milky Way, but is indicated by the 2 tick marks.

Telescope/Mount: Celestron Compustar C14 with Astro Physics 0.75x focal reducer ( f/8.3).
Camera: SBIG STL-11000M
Exposures: 10x30 seconds
Location: Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA.

Tags: Pluto
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