How Clyde Tombaugh would have seen Pluto

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This is how Clyde Tombaugh would have seen Pluto on 23 Januar 1930 if he had access to a telescope with the capacity of Hubble. Note that Pluto's southern hemisphere that New Horizons has not been able to map was turned to him, hence, a more detailed resolution cannot be simulated. Dark Cthulhu Regio at the lower edge is clearly discernible, however.

The image was created with the Celestia 1.6.1 software and digitally processed.