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Pluto and Charon on July 12, 2015

Pluto and Charon on July 12, 2015
Pluto and Charon on July 12, 2015 These are the final optical navigation photos returned from New Horizons on July 12, 2015. They were taken at 08:45 and 08:50 UT on July 12 from a distance of 2.5 million kilometers, just a bit more than 2 days away from closest approach. The images have been enlarged, stacked, and deconvolved by the New Horizons team. NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI