Uranus up close: Giant ice planet set to be its closest to Earth tonight and will be visible [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | Ocrtober 19, 2017 | Cheyenne MacDonald

[C19fan]

You might not need a telescope to spot Uranus tonight. The ice giant planet will reach opposition on Thursday, bringing it to the closest point in its orbit to Earth. In this position, the blue-green planet will be visible in the sky all night long – and, while you’ll definitely be able to see it with binoculars, NASA says Uranus may even be bright enough to see with the naked eye.

[rlmorel]

I love that whole suite, particularly Jupiter and Mars.

[rlmorel]

Uranus obviously has hygiene issues.

[rlmorel]

Okay. My work is done here.

[Rummyfan]

Uranus up close...

Who writes these lead-ins?!

[real saxophonist]

Speaking of Jupiter, I discovered this a couple weeks ago.

[OrangeHoof]

Will it be close enough for liberals to pull stuff out of it?

[Thunder 6]

I’m sorry, I’m just not interested in Uranus...

[husky ed]

Is this a health clinic now?

Ed

[Conan the Librarian]

On a more serious note, unless you have a dark sky, you probably won’t see it.

I plan on going to my clubs dark sky site and look for Uranus (U-RAN-us would be the pronunciation in Latin), and I know where to look, so, if I do see it naked eye, I will be surprised.

And besides, the scientist changed the name of the 7th planet to finally kill that joke.

It’s now called “Urectum”. (Thanks Professor Farnsworth!)

[rlmorel]

I can’t thank you enough for posting that link...that is tremendous...what a great idea to do it on saxophones...I would have never thought of that, but the sound for that particular tune (Jupiter) is well suited to it...a lightness on the feet, somewhat jolly and whimsical!

Thanks-that made my day, I have a couple of people I am going to send it to!

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>And running around telling “Uranus” jokes because 13 year old boy<<<

So, he’s a regular FR Poster?

[dangus]

Rectum? I hardly even... oh, nevermind.

[dangus]

>> Er. It’s a Gas Giant. Not an ice giant. <<

It’s true that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are formally called, “gas giants.” But Uranus has way, way, way more ice than gas, so it’s literally more accurate to call it an ice giant. It’s a VERY different planet, structurally, than Jupiter, because it’s mostly ammonia, methane and water ice, whereas Jupiter is mostly metallic hydrogen.

[usconservative]

Just a little too close to see Uranus.

[Zathras]

I don’t want to be that close

[mowowie]

I haven’t heard mention of the Hubble telescope for a long time lately, is the thing still operational?

[mowowie]

Good one

[tumblindice]

How to view Uranus

[Beowulf9]

Does he post on here under various names, say about 100 or so ? ;)

[Jane Long]

LOL.