File:Pluto discovery plates.gif

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English: Original plates from Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto. (Apparent magnitude +15.1)

Credit: Lowell Observatory Archives, from [1].

Also visible in this image:

  • Wikisky image of this star field centered on coordinates 07 23 06.55 +21 49 38.5
  • HD 57673 (brightest star in this FOV at Apparent magnitude 8.7 located above Pluto in Jan 23 photo)
  • Galaxy NGC 2365
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Source http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/small-bodies/the-pluto-discovery-plates.html
Author Lowell Observatory Archives, Clyde Tombaugh

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