Solar System Gallery
There are many objects within our solar system that can be imaged. These include the Sun, the moon, the various planets, and events that include these, such as transits across the sun and aurorae.
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The Sun, showing sunspots and prominences. Photo by club member Knox Worde.
Frames from a video of a 0.8 second solar transit of the ISS. Video was taken through an Ha telescope at 160fps then individual frames selected, sharpened, colorized and finally stacked together. Photos and processing by club member Knox Worde.
The International Space Station transits the Sun. Stacked photo taken 20 October, 2021, by club member Knox Worde
Harvest Moon rising over Tanbark Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photo by club member Alan Davis.
Colorful aurora, as photographed from Leicester, North Carolina, the result of a giant X-class solar flare two days earlier that launched energetic electrons and protons into the Solar System. Photos show colors and details that human eyes cannot see, because the camera collects photons for a longer time, in this case, 30 seconds. Photo by club member Jerry Sherman.
Our nearest star, setting high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The natural beauty doesn't need words. Photo by club member Alan Davis.
Belt of Venus with Earth's shadow, Oct. 6, 2020, looking NW at dawn. Photo by GMO Webcam
Jupiter, Mars and Saturn composite of three photos September, 2020 by club member Vince Castello.
Cloud iridescence, photo by club member Bob Lewis, November 28, 2019 near Erwin, Tennessee.