Picture captured on 09/21/2003 in the evening at the focus of a 8" MEADE LX200 telescope equipped with a 2x Barlow lens (F/D=20). Camera model is a Philips Vesta Pro. Uranus diameter is equivalent to 4 Earth diameters. This planet is at a mean distance of 3 billions kilometers from earth. This picture is a combination of 400 raw pictures processed with IRIS software.
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