APOD: August 19, 1995 - Our Solar System from Voyager (original) (raw)

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August 19, 1995

Our Solar System from Voyager
Credit: NASA, Voyager 1,

Explanation: After taking its spectacular pictures of the outer solar system planets, Voyager 1 looked back at six planetsfrom the inner solar system. HereVenus, Earth,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, andNeptune, were all visible across the sky. Each, however, was now just a small speck of light, dimmer than many of the stars in the sky. Voyager 1 is only one of four human-made objects to leave our Solar System, the other three being Voyager 2, and Pioneer 10 and 11.

Tomorrow's picture: Announcing Comet Hale-Bopp

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