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What YOU can see of the Solar System

What YOU can see of the Solar System. With Images by Fred Klein Member of Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. Orbits of the Planets. Planets in real Size. The Sun. The source of light, heat and the gravity that holds the solar system together. Sunspots. The Sun.

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What YOU can see of the Solar System

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  1. What YOU can see of the Solar System With Images by Fred Klein Member of Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

  2. Orbits of the Planets

  3. Planets in real Size

  4. The Sun The source of light, heat and the gravity that holds the solar system together. Sunspots

  5. The Sun Eclipse of the Sun Partial Total 1998 Annular2012

  6. The Sun Sunrise, Sunset

  7. Mercury Closest to the Sun, seen near the horizon in morning or evening.

  8. Venus Second from the Sun, Brightest Planet, Shows Phases through telescope. Images taken a week apart Taken a week apart Venus Crescent and a Contrail

  9. Venus Venus passes in front of the sun

  10. Earth Third Rock from the Sun

  11. Earth Atmospheric Phenomena Solar Pillar Sundog

  12. International Space Station and Space Shuttle

  13. Moon Crescent Moon Full Moon

  14. Moon Craters

  15. Moon Lunar Eclipse Earth Shine

  16. Mars The Red Planet (in black and white)

  17. Jupiter And the four Galilean Moons

  18. Saturn The magnificent ringed planet Saturn, Venus and Mercury

  19. Uranus and Neptune Huge, but Far Away

  20. Pluto Not a planet, but still there Three nights in 1999

  21. Asteroid Vesta Now being orbited by the Dawn Spacecraft

  22. Comets

  23. The Telescope Used

  24. Visit our Star Parties

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