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Exploring the Solar System
What YOU can see of the Solar SystemWith Images by Fred KleinMember ofAmateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh
Orbits of the Planets
Planets in real Size
The SunThe source of light, heat and the gravity that holds the solar system together.
Sunspots
The Sun
Eclipse of the Sun
PartialTotal 1998Annular 2012The SunSunrise, Sunset
MercuryClosest to the Sun, seen near the horizon in morning or evening.
VenusSecond from the Sun, Brightest Planet, Shows Phases through telescope.
Taken a week apart
Venus Crescent and a ContrailImages taken a week apartVenus
Venus passes in front of the sunEarthThird Rock from the Sun
Earth
Atmospheric PhenomenaSolar Pillar
SundogInternational Space Station and Space Shuttle
Moon
Full MoonCrescent MoonMoon Craters
Moon
Lunar EclipseEarth ShineMars
The Red Planet(in black and white)Jupiter
And the four Galilean MoonsSaturnThe magnificent ringed planet
Saturn, Venus and MercuryUranus and Neptune
Huge, but Far AwayPlutoNot a planet, but still thereThree nights in 1999
Asteroid Vesta
Now being orbited by the Dawn SpacecraftComets
The Telescope Used
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