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Venus

--Earth's Sister Planet--

Mean Distance from Sun: 0.723 AU (1.08x10⁸ km)
Apparent Magnitude: -4.4 (Max)

Observation Date: 4-17-06
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / Celestron NexImager
Reduction Technique: Registax

Mars

--The Red Planet--

Mean Distance from Sun: 1.52 AU (2.28x10⁸ km)
Apparent Magnitude: -2.0 (Max)

Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / Celestron NexImager
Reduction Technique: Registax

Jupiter

--Our Largest Neighbor--

Mean Distance from Sun: 5.20 AU (7.78x10⁸ km)
Apparent Magnitude: -2.7(Max)

Observation Date: 5-16-06
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / Celestron NexImager
Reduction Technique: Registax (335 frames)

Saturn

--The Ring World--

Mean Distance from Sun: 9.54 AU (1.43x10⁹ km)
Apparent Magnitude: +0.67 (Max)

Observation Date: 4-1-06
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / Celestron NexImager
Reduction Technique: Registax

Uranus

Mean Distance from Sun: 19.19 AU (2.88x10⁹ km)
Apparent Magnitude: 5.73

Exposure Length: 3 x 5s (R)
Observation Date: 10-06
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / SBIG-6303
Reduction Technique: IRAF

Neptune

--The Blue Planet--

Mean Distance from Sun: 30.06 AU (4.51x10⁹ km)
Apparent Magnitude: 7.8

Exposure length: 2 x 20s (R & V)
Observation Date: 8-26-05
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / SBIG-6303
Reduction Technique: Iris

Pluto

--The Icy "Dwarf" Planet--

Mean Distance from Sun: 39.53AU (5.91x10⁹ km)
Apparent Magnitude: 13.93

Exposure Length: 2 x 6min(R), 3 x 2min(V)
Observation Date: 10-4-05
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / SBIG-6303
Reduction Technique: Iris

Ceres

--Dwarf Planet--

Mean Distance from Sun: 2.767 AU (4.15x10⁸ km)
Apparent Magnitude: 8.2 (on 9-19-06) can reach magnitude ~7.4
Diameter: 950 km
Other designations: Minor Planet Catalog (MPC) 1

Exposure Length:
Observation Date:10-06
Instrumentation: DFM 0.4 meter / SBIG-6303
Reduction Technique: IRAF