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.
Legitimate articles of these types should have a phonetic spelling:
Uruhnus.
Now, I need to clean up my coffee spit.
I dont think I could find Uranus with both hands, a flashlight and a map!
>>Dems couldnt find it with a road map.
Snoopin’ Joe Biden would just follow his nose
Will I be able to see Klingons?
Have some more fun with Uranus:
Doctor got some good closeups of mine just a couple of months ago.
Uranus with Neptune, topics from the Uranus keyword:
'Pull my finger' topics from the Uranus keyword:
Liberals should be able to view Uranus with ease. They can see it from the inside.
(Think about it.)
You can always use the stoolie bowl reflection.
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Cool!
I’m pulling together a “Discover Uranus” neighborhood party for it.
Think I’ll serve kielbasa and ice cold magnesium citrate.
Reference bump because I’ve never seen Uranus but now back for the jokes. ;-)
Register as a Democrat. It will come naturally once your head gets up there...
Would it sound weird to ask someone to start a Uranus ping list?
Great bit! Never seen that - thanks. Netflix nor Amazon have “The Naked Truth” but Spectrum cable does - 1st season was highly rated.
Thanks again. ;-)
Just here for the you-can-see-uranus-with-a-hand-mirror jokes.
That list was a real blow-out! Thanks for the giggles!
Yeah, I'd looked for just that bit before over the years, it never turned up, and it sez it's been on YT since 2009. The pilot episode is split in three parts, it's on YT, the opening scene (the one in the courthouse bathroom) is something I watch once in a while. And one of the episodes of an earlier series, "Flying Blind" is on YT in a couple parts (incomplete, but enough there to be enjoyable).
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