Pluto-Charon system
A composite of 13x13 arcsec wide images taken with the adaptive optics camera NACO on Yepun, one of the Unit Telescopes of ESO's VLT (Paranal). The images were taken in the K-band (2.2 microns) from about three hours to about one hour before the occultation. All images were centred on Pluto and Charon, the double object visible near the centre, with a separation of about 0.9 arcsec. Because of the system's motion, the occulted star, at the right of Pluto and Charon, appears as a dotted trail, and so does another star in the lower left corner.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0602b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 January 2006 |
| Related releases: | eso0602 |
| Size: | 1442 x 1554 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Charon, Pluto |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Satellite • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet • X - Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared K |
2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope NACO |
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