Pluto-Charon system

Eso_eso0602b_1024

eso_eso0602b January 4th, 2006

Credit: ESO

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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0602b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_eso0602b_1280
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ID
eso0602b
Subject Category
A.1.4   A.2.1  
Subject Name
Charon, Pluto
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2006-01-04T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0602b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1442.0, 1554.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0602b
Metadata Date
2009-01-20T10:49:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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