Sun Our Sun. This image of the closest star to Earth was taken with a Meade ETX using the prime focus photography slot on the back. Compare it with my sketch, drawn 15 minutes before this exposure. Planets Two views of Jupiter. We used Kodak Royal Gold 100 film for the first image, and KRG 400 for the second.
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Two views of Saturn. These images were taken with the same setup as Jupiter, above. The first was taken in September 1998, and the second in November 1998. South is up. If you look closely you can see the Cassini division in Saturn's rings, a cloud belt in the Southern Hemisphere, and the shadow of the planet on the rings, at right.