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Glenn Spiegelman - Planetary Images

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Here are some Planetary Images I took.

Mars
Mars
This image of Mars was taken around 2:00 AM on the morning of 8/7/2003. Mars, at this time, was nearly at its' closet distance from Earth in around 60,000 years
Jupiter
Jupiter
This image of Jupiter was taken early in the morning of Sept 10, 2001. The moons Gannymeade, Europa and Calisto were lined up perfectly for this image
Jupiter
Jupiter
This image of Jupiter was take on January 29, 2003. Notice the change in arrangement of the moons. In this image, we find Io to the right, and on the left we have Europa and Calisto
Saturn
Saturn
This image of Saturn was taken during the Society Night on Oct 21, 2001. Saturn was still fairly low in the sky, but I managed to get some detail of Casinis' division, and even a hint of the shadow of Saturn on the ring, and the ring on Saturn
Uranus
Uranus
This image of Uranus was taken on August 21, 2004 after the Public viewing even t of that evening.