SUNDAY APRIL 3RD PM - URANUS CLOSE TO 6.5% CRESCENT MOON.

[paulastro]

In West Yorkshire, at 9.19pm, the Moon will be 10 degrees altitude with m5.9 Uranus being 1.5 degrees to the right of it.

Bear in mind, it will be higher in the sky the further south you are.  To see both together you need it dark enough to pick up Uranus. Binoculars or a small telescope will give the best view.

[Stu]

Thanks for the heads up Paul. I corrected the title to April, otherwise we had missed it 😉 Hope the skies cooperate!

[paulastro]

Thank you Stu.

[chiltonstar]

12 hours ago, Stu said:

Thanks for the heads up Paul. I corrected the title to April, otherwise we had missed it 😉 Hope the skies cooperate!

Doesn't look good here tomorrow. Someone's bought some kit!

Chris

[Stu]

12 minutes ago, chiltonstar said:

Doesn't look good here tomorrow. Someone's bought some kit!

Chris

☹️ Wasn’t me this time!

[chiltonstar]

On 01/04/2022 at 22:42, Stu said:

 

Just caught it - difficult withe haze, but the 10x50s managed it with the Moon just out of the fov. More obvious in a couple of images.

Chris

[Stu]

2 hours ago, chiltonstar said:

Just caught it - difficult withe haze, but the 10x50s managed it with the Moon just out of the fov. More obvious in a couple of images.

Chris

Well done Chris. I just proved that I have the memory retention of a half brick, by completely forgetting about this, despite having a good look at the Moon through a scope tonight 🤪🤪

[paulastro]

Well, I'm glad someone saw it, cloudy for me, onwards and upwards 😊.

[chiltonstar]

A poor image of it with a 70-300mm lens on my Nikon D750. I've enhanced the intensity to show Uranus, but obviously as a Moon image it's rubbish as it's wildly over-exposed.

Chris

Edited April 7, 2022 by chiltonstar