![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010133043im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Pluto/Charon Poses for Sharpest Ground-based Images Ever
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September 26, 2012
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Using a method called reconstructive speckle imaging, the researchers took the sharpest ground-based snapshots ever obtained of Pluto and Charon in visible light.
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Source Gemini Observatory
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