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NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Each image had a short exposure time of 0.025 seconds in order to minimize motion blur, and they were stacked and processed to increase the crispness of the photo. The angle between the spacecraft, MU69, and the Sun – known as the “phase angle” – was 33 degrees. The resolution of the image is about 33 meters per pixel.
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Original image data dated on or about January 1, 2019
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