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ITEM REFERENCE1775
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?1775
EXTACCESSyes
COLLECTIONImage archive
TITLEA crowded image
KEYWORDSAsteroids;La Palma Sky
DATE2000-07-31
DESCRIPTIONNowadays the number of artificial satellites which populate our skies is very high. This picture is a good example. At least 3 satellites are visible (field of view is 8 arcminutes and the position was 4 degrees away from the celestial equator). 30 minute exposure in filter Sloan Gunn g. Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, using a CCD camera.
CREDITJavier Mendez (ING)
TELESCOPEJKT
INSTRUMENTJKTCCD
THUMB_200
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/univers2s.jpg
AVAILABLE FILESJPG (815K) 726×733 pixels
TIF (227K) 726×733 pixels
TIMESTAMP2024-08-25 11:44:37
USAGE
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