page_title: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager
section_title: Pluto
hierarchical_section_title: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager / Pluto
caption_attribution_description: English: Pluto, as seen by New Horizons' LORRI imager between 2015-07-14 08:14:48 and 08:28:25 UTC. Merged by Hugin, touched-up with GIMP. Raw images via http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/
context_page_description: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager is a telescope aboard the New Horizons spacecraft for imaging. LORRI has been used to image Jupiter and its moons and especially Pluto and its system of moons since its launched in 2006. LORRI is a reflecting telescope of Ritchey-Chrétien design, and it has a main mirror diameter of 20.8 cm across. Images are taken with a CCD capturing data with 1024 × 1024 pixels. LORRI is a telescopic panchromatic imager integrated with the New Horizons spacecraft, and it is one of seven major science instruments on the probe. LORRI does not have any moving parts and is pointed by moving the entire New Horizons spacecraft. LORRI has a narrow field of view, less than a third of one degree.
context_section_description: Due to its telescope power LORRI was able to capture images of Pluto and its moons, offering the closer views as the spacecraft progressed to the dwarf planet.
caption: Several images from LORRI composited together
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