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English: 12 minute exposure of plutino dwarf planet candidate (84922) 2003 VS2 with a 24" telescope. 2003 VS2 is about apparent magnitude 19.8 in this image taken at 2010-01-10 04:00 UT. The blooming star on the left is magnitude 11.2. VS2 is about 2,700 times fainter than the blooming star and is approaching the limiting magnitude of a 12 minute ccd photo with a 24" telescope. For comparison the apparent magnitudes of some of the stars are labeled.
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This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-001 at LightBuckets in Rodeo, NM
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Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 04 00 19.40 +33 33 40.1 to locate this region of the sky.
Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where VS2 is)

Aladin image of this region
Author Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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