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A star field in the constellation Cepheus is a composite of two 600-second
exposures by the Framing Camera acquired during tests on December 3, 2007.
Figure 1 shows the names of the stars.
The Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by JPL, a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, Washington. The University of California, Los Angeles, is
responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Other scientific partners
include Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Ariz.; Max Planck Institute
for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; DLR Institute for
Planetary Research, Berlin; Italian National Institute for Astrophysics,
Rome; and the Italian Space Agency. Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles,
Va., designed and built the Dawn spacecraft.
Photojournal Note:
This image was previously released with the image
shown in figure 3. It has now been replaced with an enhanced image and map
shown in figure 2.