Friday 5 October 2012

SOLAR SYSTEM IMAGES

These are some of my early images of some of our nearest neighbours, taken using an SPC900 webcam connected to my Skywatcher 150PL. Seeing wasn't always great so they are not the best images but considering some of the distances involved, not bad for a beginner. I hope to vastly improve on these with my new setup.

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Our Nearest Neighbour
Average Distance to Earth: 238 855 miles


MARS
you can see Surface detail plus one of the Polar Caps
 Average Distance from the Sun: 141 633 260 miles
2 Moons: Phobos, Deimos


JUPITER
plus one of its moons
Average Distance from the Sun: 483 682 810 miles
4 Moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto



VENUS
Average Distance from the Sun: 67 237 910 miles


SATURN
poor seeing but still shows the rings
 Average Distance from the Sun: 885 904 700 miles
7 Moons: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione,
Titan, Lapetus




URANUS
This is a huge Ice Giant but is so far away it appears as nothing more that a Blueish blob.
Average Distance from the Sun: 1 783 939 400 miles
5 Moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon

 
THE SUN
Taken in White light using Baader Solar Film. You can clearly see several Sun spots
Radius: 432 200 miles (109 x Earth)
Surface Temp: 5 500 celcius
Age: 4.6 Billion years old 



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