MAKE A MEME View Large Image Heading toward Gliese 445 (annotated).jpg en At the center of this image is the star AC +79 3888 also known as Gliese 445 located 17 6 light-years from Earth NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft which is on a trajectory out of our solar system is ...
View Original:PIA17461 Heading toward Gliese 445 (annotated).jpg (889x720)
Download: Original    Medium    Small Thumb
Courtesy of:commons.wikimedia.org More Like This
Keywords: PIA17461 Heading toward Gliese 445 (annotated).jpg en At the center of this image is the star AC +79 3888 also known as Gliese 445 located 17 6 light-years from Earth NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft which is on a trajectory out of our solar system is headed toward an encounter with AC +79 3888 In about 40 000 years Voyager 1 will be closer to this star than our own sun The image was taken by the Oschin Schmidt Telescope near San Diego Calif on April 22 1998 This telescope is operated by the California Institute of Technology and Palomar Observatory 2013-09-04 15 57 23 http //photojournal jpl nasa gov/catalog/PIA17461 Caltech/Palomar other versions Custom license marker 2015 12 03 Caltech/Palomar Voyager 1 Uploaded with UploadWizard Red dwarfs Camelopardalis
Terms of Use   Search of the Day