Peapix

  • Bing Gallery
  • Extension
Peapix
Bing Gallery
Extension
  • India
    All
    Australia Canada China Germany France India Japan Spain United Kingdom United States Italy Brazil

Bing Gallery

Australia Canada China Germany France India Japan Spain United Kingdom United States Italy Brazil
  1. Bing Gallery
  2. India
  3. 2021
  4. September 23
  5. Neptune
arrow_back_ios arrow_forward_ios Neptune

September 23, 2021

Neptune

© NASA/JP

Last stop before leaving the solar system

Official confirmation of Neptune's presence in our solar system came on September 23, 1846. Credit for this discovery inspired a dust-up in the international astronomy community, as scientists from both Britain and France claimed they had been the first to see the 8th and most distant planet in our solar system. Eventually, peace was brokered, and credit is now shared between the two factions. But those 19th-century astronomers were using solar system coordinates first recorded by Galileo in 1612. The Italian polymath correctly mapped Neptune's position more than 200 years earlier using a less powerful telescope. Galileo mistook Neptune for a star – but his coordinates prompted many stargazers who came along after him to look in the correct direction and identify Neptune.

astronomy ball sphere circle planet dark light

Related Images

The Milky Way framed by Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, United StatesThe Milky Way framed by Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, United States
Joshua trees under the Milky Way, California, United StatesJoshua trees under the Milky Way, California, United States
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, ItalyTre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Milky Way, Aït Benhaddou, MoroccoMilky Way, Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
The moonThe moon
Hammock camping on a lake in Central FloridaHammock camping on a lake in Central Florida
Milky Way over Big Bend National Park, TexasMilky Way over Big Bend National Park, Texas
Young stars forming in the Tarantula Nebula, James Webb Space TelescopeYoung stars forming in the Tarantula Nebula, James Webb Space Telescope

Today on Bing

Sea otter, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Sea otter, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Sep 23, 2024
Cottonwood trees and red sandstone in Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah

Cottonwood trees and red sandstone in Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah

Sep 23, 2023
Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake on the island of Eil Malk, Palau

Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake on the island of Eil Malk, Palau

Sep 23, 2022
Two kingfishers at the Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka

Two kingfishers at the Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka

Sep 23, 2020
Equinox at the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Mexico

Equinox at the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Mexico

Sep 23, 2019

Related Tags

astronomy sky landscape nature outdoor night night sky star dark grass tree cloud mountain outdoor object cave lightning sunset rock moon indoor
Share photo
Share
Pin
Tweet
Line
  • © 2025 Peapix.com
  • API
  • App
  • Privacy
The images are provided for wallpaper use only.