Welcome to http://hou.lbl.gov/~vhoette/Planets

Planets... of the Sun

1.  Look at photos of the sky....    Jupiter seems to wander among the background stars. 

2.  Explore the planets by trying out some of these projects:

Planet	Telescope	Activity
Pluto	Apache Point Observatory	Which is Pluto?
Neptune	Apache Point Observatory	Neptune & Triton
Uranus	Apache Point Observatory	Uranus & Moons
Saturn	Yerkes 41", Kitt Peak, Burke-Gaffney	Rings & Things
Jupiter	Yerkes 24"	Rotation of Jupiter
Io	Yerkes 80mm	Io Mystery
Jupiter's Moons	Yerkes 24"	Find That Moon!
Jupiter Mars Venus	Yerkes 41", Kitt Peak, Yerkes 80mm	Motions of Jupiter's Moons Rotation of Mars Phases of Venus

HOU Educators:  Click here to download planet  images  in .fts format to analyze using HOU image processing software.

Version 03/99. Vivian L. Hoette, The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, email:  vhoette@hou.lbl.gov

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