Location of Voyager 1 on the Sky (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Location of Voyager 1 on the Sky

Caption

This is an artist's impression of Voyager 1's position on the sky when observed by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) on Feb. 21, 2013, at which point -- according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- Voyager was already outside of our solar system. The actual image from the data (enlarged section) is 0.5 arcseconds across. The radio signal as shown is a mere 1 milliarcsecond across.

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Alexandra Angelich, NRAO/AUI/NSF.

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