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KmartQuality t1_j25uz50 wrote

Reply to comment by 2C104 in Every planet in the solar system visible in rare "planet parade" by scot816

It's not something that can fit in a picture.

It's literally a swath of the entire perfectly clear night sky, from horizon to horizon, just before dawn or just after dusk.

It's all the planets one one side of the solar system (the night side as viewed from earth)

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a_cute_epic_axis t1_j266y2u wrote

Imagine if someone invented a way to take large pictures across the night sky. Perhaps they could call it like a panorama or something?

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KmartQuality t1_j26j2zq wrote

That would be a VERY difficult picture to obtain and you'd still only see dots of light, and it wouldn't fit on your screen.

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a_cute_epic_axis t1_j26jhs2 wrote

It really wouldn't be hard at all to obtain if you have one location that can see the entire relevant section of the sky without obstruction, although you would indeed see mostly just dots of light. For illustrative purposes (assuming you don't want to make a literal drawn illustration), you could take a picture with some understandable foreground and then enhance or mark up the photo to point out what it would look like. A drawn illustration or a screenshot from planetarium software would be easier, of course.

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KmartQuality t1_j26jrqi wrote

That's a LOT more work than writing an article that says hope it's clear and look up tonight.

I don't see you paying any subscription money.

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a_cute_epic_axis t1_j26lxov wrote

> That's a LOT more work than writing an article that says hope it's clear and look up tonight.

That's true but you said

> It's not something that can fit in a picture.

Which is bullshit because you certainly can. In fact you can take all of them in just three shots with an 18mm kit lens, well within the range of most people who would care to stand on a hill and take a picture. Obtaining a picture isn't hard at all, and you could probably do it in 10 shots zoomed in on the same kit lens, then stitch it with free or low cost software online. It's not going to be the JWST, but "not something that can fit in a picture" and "VERY difficult" are BS.

> I don't see you paying any subscription money.

I'm not sure how you determine that, but that said if I wanted that picture, I'd just go take it. Astro mounts for a camera are relatively cheap.

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KmartQuality t1_j26mser wrote

Take the picture for us.

Document how long it took you and the cloud conditions that night, and your normal rate of pay for work, and your equipment and price for it.

I stand ready to be corrected. I expect quality, publishable images.

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