quick question about uranus and neptune

[Charlie_132]

when using a 130p dob, would uranus apear as a slightly blue coloured star

and would neptune just apear as a tiny whitey/grey star ?

[LukeSkywatcher]

when using a 130p dob, would uranus apear as a slightly blue coloured star

and would neptune just apear as a tiny whitey/grey star ?

I think so.

[Peter Drew]

At high magnification Uranus would show a small pale blue disc, Neptune is even smaller and and a greenish blue and fainter. You should certainly see the difference between them and a star.

[Charlie_132]

oh right okay then, im pretty sure ive seen uranus tonight, it was a blue small dot (i looked for the diamond shape in the sky then done some star hopping to find it)

neptune was a little more difficult, i think i saw it, but cant be sure, nothing looked pale green/blue and small, i only saw whitey grey but a bit more brighter then the rest of the things around it.

i was using a 25mm eyepiece. managed to focus in with a 2x barlow and a 10mm eyepiece onto uranus.

i think its quite a good cahnce of even 100% that it was uranus ?

maybe i ll try neptune again another time, when does it go out of sight ?

[Jammy]

Is it possible to take webcam images of either Uranus or Neptune through my C9.25? Or are these planets just too far away?

[Dave-Ryan]

Yes it is possible to take web cam images with a C9.25 but they will still only be small disks.