Uranus

[david's dob]

Hey Guys

anyone see Uranus not that far from Jupiter last nite, it was a small blue blob lol

[crabbiT Scot]

I've tried a few times with no success Even using Stellarium, i'm struggling. But as they say, if at 1st you don't succeed.......

Maybe I should try the setting circles to help, as much as they confuse me though lol

EDIT: Congrats on finding it yourself mate

[lookhigh]

Yea seen it last night, not very impressive compared to jupiter dough.

[ythanpythan]

It's very very small in my scope but it's colour gives it away. Very cool thinking I'm looking at something that far away.

Ian

[Nexus 6]

I have observed Uranus a few times now, it is indeed small through the ep even when I have pushed the power, 9mm Nagler, 2350 fl giving 261x mag. it was definately a distinguishable disc aginst the surrounding stars showing a slight greenish blue hue to my eyes, its a shame that both Uranus and Neptune don't seem to get as much interest as with other objects out there, then again how can they compete with Mars, Saturn and Jupiter

[jasonp]

Impressive sight yes, especially as its at max 3 billion km away

(CrabbIT) It took me 4 or 5 times to find it last year. Don't give up.

[Jed.]

i want to try and find it using my dob too but its just soo cold outside!

[jasonp]

Id rather it be cold, that have cloud like here

[Jed.]

Its really clear in the midland's area at the moment and has been for the past few day's! i should be out there now to be fair having a small observing session but i dont have 10 coats to put on lol

[AlexM]

I got it in the dob last week. A tiny disc at 240x and I could barely make out any colours on it tbh, but that could be because it was pretty low in the sky at the time. I reckon if it hadn't been so close to Jupiter I'd have had no chance of finding it!

[Jed.]

why are planets more visible when higher in the sky? what makes them less significant when lower ?

[jasonp]

The higher they are in the sky, the less atmosphere you are looking through.

When lower in the sky you are looking through a lot more atmosphere and more heat haze from houses etc.

[toshapetriji]

I was trying for Uranus a couple of days back without luck unfortunately, what mag are you guys using?

I need to try again.

[lookhigh]

toshapetriji, i use 150X. 200X would prob be bit better.

[jasonp]

I find it using about 36 mag then work up to 200x if conditions permit

[Ender Of Days]

I first found Uranus in my old 20x50 binocs,its easy to find I just drew the field down and returned about 3 days later and looked to see what had moved,

My old scope didn't show anything other than a small unfocusable blob (under high power) but at least I saw it,

same with Neptune,

You just got to keep trying and draw the star field down as often as you can,

Im getting a better scope any day soon,and guess whats the first thing Il be looking at ?

JJ..

[geordieskies]

I managed to see Uranus for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't too difficult to find because it wasn't far from Jupiter. Through my 8" Dob at 120x it was just a tiny faint pale blue/green disc. I didn't have a camera with me, maybe next time though :-)

[toshapetriji]

Still can´t find it. Frustrating.

Should I get a look in my baby scope?

[jumpclone]

was looking at jupiter myself yesterday, saw it in all its glory and all the moons, and noticed on stellarium that uranus was right next door, although had 0 luck in finding it myself :S

[JamesF]

I found it without too much fuss at relatively low magnification a couple of weeks back despite the moon being close to full so I'm sure it can't be beyond too many people.

The best way I found was to get to Jupiter and then use the "hockey-stick" group of four stars starting to the south of Jupiter as a guide to get close to Uranus.

James

[Mr Spock]

Saw it a couple of weeks ago. x261 on the C9.25 it looked like a small green disc. Nothing much else to see though.

[jasonp]

I think I will get a last look at it tonight for the year. Clear skies for once.

[Debostar]

Had a look today, but I could see a small star there, it probably is Uranus, because it was greenish blue, but it also looked like a faint star, gotta keep trying...

[Slangers]

I've seen it several times over the last month, but I have the ability to cheat using a goto mount. It isn't impressive, but there is clearly a blue-green disk. Best views have been with my 15mm EP (x133). I've been trying to spot Miranda, but the planet is too low in the sky to give me a chance.

[Debostar]

Saw it again tonight after Jupiter, but it looks like just a faint star with a hint of green or blue...Gotto trust the GOTO on this one...Uranus definitely seems to be where it should be.