Dawn’s First Glimpse of Vesta — Unprocessed

Dawn's First Glimpse of Vesta -- Unprocessed
May 11, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA14117
Language
  • english

This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a background of stars. It was obtained by Dawn's framing camera on May 3, 2011.