[AZ-Observing] Re: Uranus and Neptune -- Naked eye Uranus
- From: Joe Larkin <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
And in darker skies, Uranus is a great naked eye challenge object. It
isn't terribly difficult but not very many people have seen it naked
eye compared to the brighter planets.
Joe Larkin
--- Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For all you planet observers, Uranus and Neptune will be very
> within
> reach of small backyard telescopes in urban areas. Now is you
> Neptune will be a wopping 2.4 arc seconds from Aug1-9.
> (http://lep694.gsfc.nasa.gov/code693/TYPE/neptune.html)
>
> Uranus meanwhile is currently at mag 5.7 and 3.7 arc seconds
> (http://lep694.gsfc.nasa.gov/code693/TYPE/uranus.html).
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