Posted on 09/11/2020 10:05:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Uranus is visible to the naked eye if you know where to look.
Stargazers, including those without binoculars or a telescope, have a chance to see one of our solar system's outermost planets for the next few days: Uranus. It's barely visible to the naked eye if you know where to look.
The gas giant, which is the seventh furthest from the sun, will appear in the sky between 11:30 p.m. and 4 a.m., according to Joe Rao of Space.com. It will be located within the constellation Aries, about 12 degrees left of Mars.
"It's already one-third up from the eastern horizon by 11:30 p.m. local daylight time and will reach its highest point — more than two-thirds up from the southern horizon — just before 4 a.m.," Rao writes.
A look at where Uranus will be in the night sky on Sept. 13, 2020, at 11:30 p.m. Uranus is the green dot to the left of Mars in the eastern sky. They key is that the moon is not lighting up the sky right now, so Uranus is not obscured in the dark skies as long as it's clear outside. People on the West Coast currently dealing with wildfire smoke may be out of luck.
It's easier to see, of course, with binoculars or a telescope. Rao says a telescope with at least a 3/4-inch aperture should show a tiny, blue-green disc.
Facts about Uranus Uranus is known as the “sideways planet” because it rotates on its side. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. Uranus was the first planet found using a telescope. Uranus is an Ice Giant planet and nearly four times larger than Earth. Uranus has 27 known moons, most of which are named after literary characters. Like Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune, Uranus is a ringed planet. One Uranus day is 17 Earth hours. One Uranus year is 84 Earth years. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has visited Uranus.
“I’m afraid I won’t get to see Uranus this year.”
Nick is deeply saddened. He’s very proud of it and loves to show it to everyone.
Oh... Let’s not go there guys.
I wonder if there are any females who have never used a mirror to get a good look at their.....[censored]
The curiosity would just kill you.
Come to think of it, maybe they use their smartphones these days...
Of course Anthony Wiener [ain't that just the perfect name for the creep] could see it and he still took pix with his smartphone....eeeewwwww
You’ll go there and you’ll like it, mister.
Hell, I just use a mirror if I’m bored enough
Saw it last night, looked like Mar-ish. Eastern sky.
You can always use the stoolie bowl reflection.
I guess no one here likes astronomy.
You asstronomy don’t you?
Bada-bing
Too much math involved.
Can’t you just use a mirror?
You can’t see Uranus with the naked guy.
The Perseus meteor shower was a flop this year .... this seems to be in the same basic area of the sky.
Sept 13, 11:30 for The Blue Gas Giant ! ... in my calendar.
This better be good
Second paragraph....”The gas giant...”.
I can’t bend over far enough to see...my uranus...
And mainly a DEMOCRAT!
I don’t want to see Uranus, or anyone’s anus!
Put a telescope up there but only saw a blackout
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