Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)
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New Horizons Parallax Programm , Wolf 359 (CN Leonis), Hans Joachim Kämper
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New Horizons Parallax Programm , Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)

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Wolf 359 is the fifth closest star (red dwarf with probably two exoplanets) to the sun.

Due to the different point of view between the New Horizons probe in the outer solar system and the Earth, the nearby star appears to be moving against the background stars.

Images New Horizons, 3 x 4,79 Sec., 2020.04.23, 07:45:07, 07:45:12, 07:45:17.

Images Earth, 14 x 300 Sec., 2020.04.26-28.

enlarged pictures, 300%. Wolf 359 is in the center.

http://newhorizons.jhuapl.edu/Learn/Parallax/Parallax-Images.php

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