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Date: 10 January 2000 Satellite: XMM-Newton Copyright: Gordon Garradd Show in archive: true
This CCD image of XMM in orbit was taken on 11 January using a 45 cm f/5.4 Newtonian telescope and an "AP-7" CCD. The CCD has a 512 x 512 array of 24u pixels. Exposure lasted 30 seconds. The spacecraft was at a distance of 44 350 km from Earth.