stargazer astronomy group junior college physics department. … · 2010-04-27 · orbit of mars...
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Dingli cliffs radar dome
chapel
249,209,300 km 206,669,000 km MARS
SATURN 1,513,325,783 km
1,353,572,956 km
VENUS
108,942,109 km
107,476,259 km
MERCURY
69,816,900 km
46,001,200 km
Size comparison of terrestrial planets (left to right): Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
CONSTELLATION OF
ORION
M42 Orion nebula
1,344 ± 20 ly
Betelgeuse
640 ly
Red supergiant
Blue supergiant
700-900 light years
Sirius
is the brightest star in the night sky.
Binary system (2 stars)
8.6 ly
Orange giant
65 l.y
Pleides star cluster
Approx 440 l.y
1000 stars
Diameter of cluster core 8 l.y
Andromeda spiral galaxy M31
2,500,000 light years away
cassiopeia constellation
Capella
4 stars in 2 pairs
2of these stars are 10 times our sun
42.2 lyrs away
PROCYCON
Procyon forms one of the three vertices of the Winter Triangle, along with Sirius and Betelgeuse.
REGULUS 77.5 light years