Pluto is so far away that New Horizons, the space craft to finally get to it, had to speed faster than any space craft before it, and it still took years to get to Pluto. Before this mission images were fuzzy, with even the Hubble Space Telescope unable to produce enough pixels to show any detail whatsoever.
Golden State Star Party This is the one I attend. Large open field in Northern California.... LOADS of amazing telescopes and friendly people. Daytime activities, even for kids. Best of all... hot showers (they bring in a fancy shower truck). Griffith Observatory Star Parties Monthly Star Parties are held at the iconic Griffith Park Observatory.
Astronomy is a fascinating field, and there are plenty of objects one can view with a telescope. But, there are some things that are somewhat problematic with many telescopes. One way to solve these problems is by using a telescope that contains a digital camera, and can send images directly to a computer.
The Solar System For I dipped into the Future, far as human eye could see; saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be. -Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1842 Our solar system consists of an average star we call the Sun, the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
The Solar System comprises the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets that form the planetary system around it, while the remainder are significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as comets and asteroids.
There are eight planets in the Solar System. From closest to farthest from the Sun, they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The first four planets are called terrestrial planets. They are mostly made of rock and metal, and they are mostly solid.