Planets Orbiting the Sun
Among the most obvious changes in the night sky are the movements of the Moon and planets. The orbits of the planets sometimes seem to change direction, which is known as apparent retrograde motion.
Credit:RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/R. Proctor
Star Map: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Gaia DR2: ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg).
About the Video
| Id: | noirlab2521aa |
| Release date: | June 23, 2025, 8:20 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2521 |
| Duration: | 02 m 13 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations Solar System |
