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English: 10 minute exposure of dwarf planet Pluto with a 14" telescope. Pluto is about apparent magnitude 14.1 in this image taken at 2009-10-16 12:00 UT. (Astronomical twilight ended at 11:45 UT and sunset was at 10:30 UT.) Pluto was only 67 degrees away from the Sun and had an elevation of 42 degrees. For comparison the apparent magnitude of some of the stars are labeled.
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This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-004 at LightBuckets in Pingelly, Australia.
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Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 18 03 30.09 -18 06 46.7 to locate this region of the sky.

Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where Pluto is)
Author Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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