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Pluto, Charon, and triple star "P126 A, B, C"

Eso_eso0224b_1024

eso_eso0224b August 28th, 2002

Credit: ESO

One of the images obtained with the NAOS-CONICA (NACO) adaptive optics (AO) camera mounted on the ESO VLT 8.2-m YEPUN telescope at the Paranal Observatory in connection with a stellar occultation by Pluto on July 20, 2002. The star was found to be triple.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0224b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Charon • Pluto
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Satellite; Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (NACO)	Infrared (K)	2.2 µm

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Red

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ID: eso0224b
Subject Category: A.1.4 A.2.1
Subject Name: Charon, Pluto
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-08-28T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0224b/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: NACO
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: K
Central Wavelength: 2200

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0224b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0224b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-20T10:52:03+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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