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

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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 Annular 2012

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. Taken a week apart Venus Crescent and a Contrail Images taken a week apart

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 Full Moon Crescent 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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