Putting Things Into Perspective

[Sirius Starwatcher]

Thought the photos below would put where we are in perspective.

 

The photos may help when people are posting questions about  distance, Eye pieces, Magnification Etc.

 

All Photos attributed to NASA.

 

Enjoy

 

 

This is where we live

 

 

Our Sun

 

 

Saturn in Perspective  Earth to the right

 

 

This Is Scary Earth next to our Sun

 

 

If you thought the previous image was scary 

 

Our Sun against Canis Major

 

[mbhyde]

makes you think

[ronin]

Just makes me think there are some big balls of gas out there, and I might point a scope at them just to say I have seen them.

Why are we so keen to consign ourselves to insignificance ?

Know of anything more advanced then us?

Not do you think there is, do you know ?

[sargey]

quite astonishing

[sargey]

just put me in the right frame of mind for the future learn OU Moons online course part 2

thanks

nick

[Paul73]

Like wot he says ^^^^^^^^

Good post.

Paul

[ghostdance]

Excellent pictures! No point in being big-headed. Wouldn't change being minutely human for all the tea, tho....

I quite like being insignificant *and* unique