Friday, June 19, 2009

Inner solar system


Here are all the terrestrial planets (incl. moon), visible in the dawn sky from now until the new moon. And because it is the winter solstice, you don't even need to get up early to see them. But you only have a day or two left!

Click to enlarge if you want to see Mercury and Mars.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for that. I had noticed a couple of them, but I'll look more closely tomorrow morning.

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  2. The moon is probably my favourite example of a terrestrial planet right in the most undeniably habitable part of its parent star's habitable zone. Or maybe I'm just cynical...

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