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How to See Uranus Without a Telescope This Week
WNEP ^ | September 11, 2020

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.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Humor; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; copyrightviolation; excerpt; science; telescopes; uranus; williamherschel
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To: GSWarrior

“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.


21 posted on 09/11/2020 10:26:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Want Stalinazism More ? PLUGS-WHORE 2020 !)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh... Let’s not go there guys.


22 posted on 09/11/2020 10:28:21 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0czFnIvKOJY


23 posted on 09/11/2020 10:29:16 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Cowboy Bob
I always use a mirror.

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

24 posted on 09/11/2020 10:29:44 PM PDT by Bobalu ("You can't serve papers on a rat, Baby Sister. You gotta kill him or let him be." --Rooster Cogburn)
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To: Bullish

You’ll go there and you’ll like it, mister.


25 posted on 09/11/2020 10:29:52 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Want Stalinazism More ? PLUGS-WHORE 2020 !)
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To: nickcarraway

Hell, I just use a mirror if I’m bored enough


26 posted on 09/11/2020 10:30:55 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: nickcarraway

Saw it last night, looked like Mar-ish. Eastern sky.


27 posted on 09/11/2020 10:31:34 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: Karliner

You can always use the stoolie bowl reflection.


28 posted on 09/11/2020 10:32:06 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier then offensive words? Not being able to say them..)
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To: Bullish

I guess no one here likes astronomy.


29 posted on 09/11/2020 10:33:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

You asstronomy don’t you?

Bada-bing


30 posted on 09/11/2020 10:34:18 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: nickcarraway

Too much math involved.


31 posted on 09/11/2020 10:37:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Can’t you just use a mirror?


32 posted on 09/11/2020 10:41:15 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: nickcarraway

You can’t see Uranus with the naked guy.


33 posted on 09/11/2020 10:43:46 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: nickcarraway

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


34 posted on 09/11/2020 10:49:32 PM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: All

Second paragraph....”The gas giant...”.


35 posted on 09/11/2020 10:49:58 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (17 MAGA 45)
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To: nickcarraway

I can’t bend over far enough to see...my uranus...


36 posted on 09/11/2020 10:56:13 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

And mainly a DEMOCRAT!


37 posted on 09/11/2020 10:59:12 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: Salamander
I'd like to ask you one last time. Conduct yourselves with the utmost maturity.


38 posted on 09/11/2020 11:06:18 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t want to see Uranus, or anyone’s anus!


39 posted on 09/11/2020 11:08:43 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: nickcarraway

Put a telescope up there but only saw a blackout


40 posted on 09/11/2020 11:09:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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