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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