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Pluto's Motion Against the Stars - Animation

 

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Object Pluto's Motion Against the Stars (animated .gif)
  Telescope (Photo) Celestron Celestar 8" Computerized Deluxe SCT @ f/6.3
  Telescope (Guiding) Celestron Celestar 8" Computerized Deluxe SCT @ f/6.3/ (off-axis)
  Camera (Photo) Olympus OM-1
  Camera (Guiding) N/A (Manually guided)
  Exposure Detail Four individual 15-minute exposures, heavily cropped for above animation sequence.  Konica Centuria 800 print film.  The animation shows Pluto's changing position during four consecutive nights.  Total motion over these four nights is about 1 arc-minute.
  Location Cincinnati Astronomical Society's Dark-Sky Site (Adams County, Ohio) (N38.876, W83.464)
  Date 08/06/02 - 08/09/02