File:Pluto discovery plates.png

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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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