Author: Luca Zanini
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My first photo of Saturn
This is my first photo of Saturn on 6 July 2021 at 00:48 Italian time; you can see the empty space between the ring A and B, known as Cassini Division.
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My first photos of Jupiter
Here are some photos of Jupiter, in black and white; if I had a color camera, the vision would certainly more impressive.The first two photos were taken on June 27, 2021 at 01:18 and 02:07 Italian time and it is possible to see the rotation of the planet which takes about 10 hours.
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M 13
M 13 or NGC 6207, also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is an object made up of hundreds of thousands of old stars and it lies in the halo of our galaxy.It has a diameter of 145 light years, a distance of 22000 light years from Earth, and an apparent magnitude of…
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Montes Apenninus
The Montes Apenninus are a long mountain range between Mare Imbrium (left) and Mare Serenitatis (right) and the its highest peak is about 5400 meters.Below the Montes Apenninus end on the Eratosthens crater and the largest crater in the photo is Archimedes.Very interesting is the Rima Hadley that it is a rille near the western…
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Montes Carpatus
The mountain formation in the center of the photo are the Montes Carpatus that are several peaks separated by deep valleys.The large crater just below is Copernicus while the crater near the right edge of the photo is Eratosthenes and between them you see the ghost crater Stadius, the rest of an ancient impact crater…