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You can easily order high quality prints of any of these images. Find your favourite image and then click the white "BUY PHOTOS" button here to the right.Then you will be able to choose from a selection of sizes and media types.
I also offer a special range of Large Format Posters for sale with some of my best images.
Solar System
Read MorePluto in Sagittarius
This image shows Pluto against the dense star fields of Sagittarius. The planet is noticeably red, a fact that was discovered in 2003 when it was observed that Pluto had undergone a dramatic surface change and suddenly featured a significantly redder hue than what had been observed in previous years.
An increase in the amount of ultraviolet sunlight breaking down methane on Pluto’s surface is thought to account for the redder hue, but the mystery will probably have to wait until 2015 when the New Horizons probe beams back the first clear pictures ever of this distant world.
OPTICS: 10" Newtonian f/5
MOUNT: Losmandy G11 equatorial
CAMERA: Philips ToUCam Pro SC1 webcam
FILTERS: None
EXPOSURE: 180 x 10.5s
DATE/TIME: 04/06/2010
LOCATION: My backyard observatory in west Auckland, New Zealand
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