Planet Saturn – April 2013 Description: Saturn, the ringed planet. These rings are made up mainly of particles of ice and dust varying in size from a few micrometers to ten meters, all orbiting Saturn at different speeds. The total thickness of the rings is at...
The moons of Uranus Description: There are 27 known natural satellites orbiting Uranus. We can see 4 of the largest in this photo which has been deliberately overexposed to make them stand out better with the small telescope I used. Starting from the top and...
Planet Neptune and its moon Triton Description: Neptune, the most distant planet in our solar system, was over 4.3 billion km away from us at the time of this photo. We can see its main moon, Triton on the right, next to the planet. To give you an order of magnitude,...
