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The summer heat is still here in AZ so the next best thing to imaging for me is painting. I painted this piece in PS CS6.

This painting depicts a mini solar system. The system that Kepler found is so small it is more like Jupiter and its Moons. The star, known as a red dwarf is about one-sixth the size of our sun. The star is cooler than our own and gives off more red light than yellow. The planets are small and whip around its host star every 2 days with the closest planet orbiting the star in less than half a day. The planets range in size from the size of Mars to 0.78 the size of earth. The system is about 130 light years away located in the constellation Cygnus.

www.billionplanetsquest.com

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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on September 9, 2012 at 11:50pm

That's what she said!

Sorry could not resist.

Comment by Philip A Cruden on September 9, 2012 at 9:05am

Thanks for the plug Marc.

Comment by Marc Basti on September 6, 2012 at 12:03pm

"A Vision of Deep Space" If you haven't watched this video on Philip's site you're missing a real treat. Beauty, Marc

Comment by Philip A Cruden on September 5, 2012 at 1:53pm

Hey Trevor, thanks man. "Look into the light"

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on September 1, 2012 at 6:41pm

I think I got sunburn just viewing the pic....nice job Phil!

Comment by Philip A Cruden on August 27, 2012 at 10:39pm

Thanks Chris, I have at least 4 others in the works but work is keeping me busy so not enough time to get to them. BTW I have a new video on my site with all my Deep Space paintings. It is at the top of my home page "A Vision of Deep Space" www.billionplanetsquest.com

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