Eclipse Solar System family portrait.

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In preparing my "What's up in April" sides for yesterday's Club meeting, I mentioned that the only planets visible in the night sky next month are Jupiter and Uranus, as the others are all too close to the Sun

I now realise that for anyone living on the track of the Total Solar Eclipse, this gives the chance for a Solar System Family Portrait using a panorama of two or three images. 

Uranus and Jupiter are about 30 degrees from the Sun, whereas Mars and Saturn are about 36 degrees on the other side. 

Worth a go, if the opportunity arises - and if you include the horizon, it'll be the full 8 planets. 

 

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Ah, scratch that - Mercury won't be visible, as it's between us and the Sun, and less than 2% illuminated. 

A thought though.