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The Planets

Images of the planets in our Solar System. This includes Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Venus
This gallery contains various photographs of Venus. It's very rare to achieve any surface detail on Venus, so most images simply demonstrate the phases of Venus.
Mars
This gallery contains various photographs of Mars including the 2003 and 2005 oppositions when Mars was particularly large and clear to observers and photographers.
Jupiter
This gallery contains various photographs of Jupiter taken over the years, most utilising webcam imaging.
Saturn
This gallery contains various photographs of Saturn taken over the years, mostly utilising webcam imaging. Saturn is the most exciting planet to see visually through a telescope and makes for a rewarding photographic subject.
Pluto
This gallery contains photographs of Pluto. Pluto is a very elusive planet. I have found it only a few times and have done so using my CCD equipment, and computer software to match the location and acurately identify Pluto. The few shots I have are here.
This is a web site about photography, amateur astronomy, astrophotography, general amateur astronomy and telescope information, by Roger Groom based in Western Australia. Photography is copyright, see copyright info

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