Mars, Uranus, Neptune

This picture was taken with a 50mm lens set at f/4 on 25 October 2003. It shows parts of the constellations Aquarius and Capricorn and includes Mars, Uranus, and Neptune. The camera was on part of an ordinary tripod, lashed to my telescope tripod with bungees so that I could rotate the camera to get all three planets in the picture at once. I used an IDAS light pollution filter, as the planets were low on the horizon and the sky would probably come out orange otherwise. It came out green instead.

I have some other pictures of Uranus and Neptune taken on various dates so you can see that they're moving.

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