Today I was observing the APOD 1.7 titled "The Moons at Opposition". This is a remarkable picture because it not only got the moon at its eclipse but it also was able to get the planet Uranus and its moons which were at opposition with the moon at that time. Even though Uranus is somewhat faint and its moons fainter still, the photographer was still able to get a picture of it and was able to label them for us. It is very impressive that we can even see the planet Uranus from the Earth at all because it is far away, this gives us an idea of just how big Uranus really is, after all it is an ice giant.
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