First-Ever Solar System Family Portrait (1990) - NASA Science
WEBFeb 14, 1990 · It snapped a series of 60 images that were used to create the first “family portrait” of our solar system. The image series contatains the famous image that would become known as the Pale Blue Dot, revealing Earth was a …
Family Portrait (Voyager) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion km (40 AU; 3.7 billion mi) from Earth.
This Is How Voyager 1 Took A Portrait Of The Solar System - Forbes
WEBFeb 14, 2020 · Voyager 1 started its panorama at the outer edge of the solar system and worked its way inward, taking the grayscale background photos with its wide-angle camera and photographing each planet...
A Solar System Family Portrait, from the Inside Out
WEBThe MESSENGER spacecraft has captured the first portrait of our Solar System from the inside looking out. Comprised of 34 images, the mosaic provides a complement to the Solar System portrait—that one from the outside looking in—taken by Voyager 1 in 1990.
Solar System Portrait - 60 Frame Mosaic - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
WEBThe cameras of Voyager 1 on Feb. 14, 1990, pointed back toward the sun and took a series of pictures of the sun and the planets, making the first ever 'portrait' of our solar system as seen from the outside.
Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot - NASA Science
WEBApr 10, 2024 · It snapped a series of 60 images that were used to create the first “family portrait” of our solar system. The picture that would become known as the Pale Blue Dot shows Earth within a scattered ray of sunlight.
Voyager: 15 incredible images of our solar system (gallery) | Space
WEBSep 22, 2022 · Voyager was the first spacecraft to achieve this and captured the iconic image on Sept. 18, 1977, by Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles from Earth. The moon is at the top of the picture and...
Solar System Portrait - View of the Sun, Earth and Venus
WEBSolar System Portrait - View of the Sun, Earth and Venus. This color image of the sun, Earth and Venus was taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft Feb. 14, 1990, when it was approximately 32 degrees above the plane of the ecliptic and at a slant-range distance of approximately 4 billion miles.
APOD: 2013 February 14 - Solar System Portrait - Astronomy …
WEBFeb 14, 2013 · Solar System Portrait Image Credit: Voyager Project, NASA. Explanation: On another Valentine's Day (February 14, 1990), cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back to make this first ever family portrait of …
A Solar System Family Portrait, From the Inside Out - NASA
WEBFeb 18, 2011 · NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has constructed the first portrait of our solar system by combining 34 images taken by the spacecraft’s Wide Angle Camera on Nov. 3 and 16, 2010.
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