Voyager 1 photographs the solar system from outside it

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On its last day of imaging, Voyager 1 turned its cameras back towards the Sun and took about sixty frames covering most of the planetary system, including one in which Earth occupies less than a pixel. The observation had been argued for over several years by Carl Sagan against the objection — which was correct — that it would return no science. The cameras were switched off immediately afterwards to conserve power and have never been used since.

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Voyager: Still GoingSpace

Evidence · 1

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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No dated observations are stored for this object. Atlas shows what was observed and when — it does not infer a history.

Connections · 3

Voyager 1concerns
Pale Blue Dotconcerns
Carl Saganconcerns

Assembled narrative · 1

An assembled narrative is available for this object.

Observed changes · 0

No public Signals are attached to this object. Signals show what changed and when it was observed — never a direction or a rank.

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