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.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0602b
Type:Observation
Date de publication:4 janvier 2006
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0602
Taille:1442 x 1554 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Charon, Pluto
Type:Solar System : Planet : Satellite
Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet
Catégorie:Solar System

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Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
K
2.2 μmVery Large Telescope
NACO