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Can anyone find any planets in this photo?


Jupiter is there. Press on the (i) icon and it shows constellations. Jupiter's orbit is shown in green.


The green line is actually the ecliptic, the path which the Sun travels on the celestial sphere. You may find all the other planets along it also, because it is coplanar with Earth's orbit around the sun and, as consequence, almost coplanar with the other planet's orbits.


According to the map, the green band is Earth's ecliptic, The suns path from our view on earth.




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