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English: 8 minute exposure of dwarf planet candidate (55636) 2002 TX300 with a 24" telescope. TX300 is about apparent magnitude 19.4 in this image taken at 2009-11-16 04:15 UT. The two blooming stars on the left are magnitude 11.2. TX300 is about 1,900 times fainter than the blooming stars and is approaching the limiting magnitude of a 8 minute ccd photo with a 24" telescope. For comparison the apparent magnitude 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 00 34 20.65 +28 00 36.8 to locate this region of the sky.
Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on where TX300 is)

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Author Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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