File:Van Maanen's star.gif

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English: The image is an optical negative centered on the SIMBAD coordinates J2000.0 for Van Maanen's star. Image is from the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt reflecting telescope. Van Maanen's star is the largest black dot center top right.
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Source NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-imgdata?objname=&in_csys=Equatorial&in_equinox=J2000.0&lon=00+49+09.90175&lat=%2B05+23+19.0117&width=5.0&height=5.0&search_type=DSS+Image
Author DDS and NASA

Star has moved from center of image when the optical negative was made. It is at top right. The large dark spot.

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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