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Image of Dawn Spacecraft 600,000 miles From Earth

Image of Dawn Spacecraft 600,000 miles From Earth
Photojournal: PIA12016
Source: NASA/JPL/Bill Dillon
Published: May 29, 2009

This image is a blinking of two 14-minute exposures of NASA's Dawn spacecraft from 600,000 miles from Earth. Bill Dillon, a regular advanced user of Sierra Stars Observatory.

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