Using Sloan Digital Sky Survey to find Planets

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) captures images of the sky but focuses on specific sections, making it challenging to locate Mars due to its movement. Users question whether SDSS maintains references to planets and if it's feasible to find images of Mars within their dataset. Concerns arise that SDSS may avoid capturing Mars during long exposures, as it could blur the images. Suggestions for alternative datasets are sought for obtaining low-resolution images of Mars. Overall, the discussion emphasizes the difficulty of using SDSS for this purpose and the need for better resources.
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I was wondering if anyone here had experience using the image dataset of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Specifically, I want to find images of Mars from within their data. However, because they take one picture of the sky a night, and at a very small section of the sky, it's hard to predict where Mars would be. Does anyone know if they keep references to planets at all in their survey, how I might find images containing Mars, or if what I want to do is at all possible?

What I really want to have is several extremely low-resolution pictures of Mars. If the SDSS is not the best resource, does anyone have suggestions for better sources?

Thank you!
 
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Wouldn't SDSS try to avoid Mars when making their images?
 
That makes sense, I guess - they are taking rather long exposures, and Mars might just track across the image. In this case, does anyone have an idea of where I could look for such a dataset?
 

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