Two small discs

[Scooot]

My east, south east horizon is blocked by some tall conifers so I hadn't been able to see Uranus so far this year. I was out later tonight so I was able to catch it higher in the South. The seeing must have been quite good because I picked it out with the Nagler but had a perfect disc with the 10mm barlowed at 240 mag. I wasn't using the platform so it raced across the field of view. It was quite mesmerising so I nudged the dob back several times to watch it. I had a similar experience with Neptune, although smaller, in my mind they looked very similar tonight even colour wise.

It was very pleasing to see them again, distant planets from my garden.

[John]

Nice report Richard 

I've not seen Uranus and Neptune for a while as I have awkwardly positioned conifers and nearby houses. I'll make an effort to observe a bit later on the next clear night and say "hello" to these distant worlds again 

[macpurity]

I'm tracking both of these worlds on planetarium software and hope to reconnect with both in an observing session, soon. Thanks for the encouraging report, Richard.