Quaoar is a potential dwarf planet orbiting the sun in the Kuiper belt. At the time of its discovery in 2002 it was the largest object found in the solar system since Pluto. Subsequently even larger objects were found - Eris, Sedna, Haumea, and Makemake.
Imaged on April 5th 2009 using the 0.61m f/10 Cassegrain at the Sierra Stars Observatory. 120 seconds unfiltered image, cut down to 5 x 5 arc minutes. Quaoar was at magnitude 19.1.
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom. The image was taken using the facilities provided by the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON).
This page was last updated on April 12th 2009.