Neptune and Uranus

[SteveB72]

Absolutly buzzing, I have just been observing Uranus and Neptune and managed to also see Triton, Oberon and Titania for the first time![emoji1]

[Dave In Vermont]

Congratulations!

Clear Skies,

Dave

[John]

Getting the moons is a great achievement. They have remained just out of reach of my 12" dob so far. Congratuations

[Nakedgun]

Congratulations!

Of the three, I've bagged only Triton, so far.

[christhebrit]

Well done :-)

Do please add photos if you took any.

[Naplesnut]

Very clear night here in kent with good seeing & transparency. Uranus & Neptune both clearly seen in 12" Dob with 16mm Nagler giving approximately x90 mag. Lovely blue hue to Uranus as expected, but harder to visualise a similar colour in Neptune. No moons identified. Long session planned with Jupiter rising soon & Orion also.

[SteveB72]

I don't have any imaging equipment so no photos. Seeing new and faint objects make it worthwhile lugging out the 16" Dob.

[faulksy]

nice one fella

[Grotemobile]

Found Uranus the other night,but could not

see Neptune.Is  a  8" scope,to small to see it.

Or do I need a dark site to see it.

Steve

[Dave In Vermont]

Neptune is well within the range of a 8" - 200mm scope. I'd suggest a dark location for ANY observations but, alas, those are getting scarce. Are you using a good sky-chart? Stellarium maybe? Neptune will likely reveal itself by it's very blue colour.

Clear Skies & Gas-Giants,

Dave

[Paul73]

Dave is bang on. 8" is plenty (once you know where it is...).

I've got Neptune in my 10x50 binos.

Paul

[Grotemobile]

 The Scope went over to Uranus which was easy to see.
I then tried Neptune,& I could not see it.The moon
was out, so that might have been the problem. I then
tripped over the power lead,& called it a night.
So it is out there.I did connect Stellarium up
to the scope.Perhaps the planet took the    

night off.

Steve