. # 6 (blue for the Solar System)
Jupiter, King of the Solar System.  You can see 3 of its moons that
orbit Jupiter in a horizontal line.  Also, to the top left, is another
"moon"; ah, but this is really a star!  Jupiter was very near the star
in the constellation Virgo on 6/93.  If you look closely, you'll notice
that the star is whiter than Jupiter & its moons, which are more
yellow-orange.  The yellow-orange color is due to reflection from our
Sun, where the star generates its own light.  Jupiter is about 34
light-minutes, or 377 million miles, away.  Jupiter was in the news in
July, a once-in-a-lifetime event, when a broken-up comet smashed into
it.  I was able to get a picture shortly afterwards which shows a black
smudge on the planet.


#6      from IMG0005.pcd, taken 06/05/93, f/6.3, ASA 400, 6sec, 26mm