Uranus Will Be Visible in the Sky Tonight

[PsychedelicLiz]

[QUOTE]All jokes aside, tonight is the night if you want to see Uranus.

The plant will reach opposition on Oct. 19, meaning it will be directly opposite the sun, bringing it closer and brighter to earth.

Experts say you may be able to see the icy blue planet with the naked eye, but if not, binoculars should do the trick.

NASA says Uranus should be visible all night long and its blue-green color is unmistakable.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/10/19/uranus-visible-with-the-naked-eye/[/url]

[Chris™]

I have always wanted to see Uranus.

Okay, crap joke aside, I do kind of wish I could see stuff like this, usually when one of these astrological events occur it is overcast or I sleep though it. I mean Jesus, if an asteroid was going to hit the Earth it'd still be obscured by grey sky for me.

[DinoJesus]

How embarrassed.

[Phygon]

[QUOTE=DinoJesus;52797888]How embarrassed.[/QUOTE]

Indeed.

[elix]

I wish it wasn't so hard to get away from light pollution. I've got a nice little telescope that'd be perfect for trying to spot it.

I actually have two; one is a [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErCh0e_qPJ4"]Celestron Cometron 76mm[/URL] and one is a [URL="https://galileoscope.org/"]Galilescope[/URL], an inexpensive assemble-yourself telescope intended to be an inexpensive kit for children for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, and then the 2015 International Year of Light that, despite being made entirely of plastic except for the glass lenses, works [I]great[/I]. The one disadvantage is that due to the design it renders the image upside-down, which makes it super disorienting for holding it up to your eye and looking at anything on Earth. :v:

[media]https://twitter.com/chrfrde/status/851221505396625408[/media]
This guy takes photographs with a Galileoscope (his Twitter bio says he owns a Celestron, too, but a more advanced model), and this moon photograph is one of them. Also,

[media]https://twitter.com/chrfrde/status/851183755712753665[/media]

[27X]

NOT TODAY YOU DON'T

[UncaringNonchala]

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52797929][media]https://twitter.com/chrfrde/status/851183755712753665[/media][/QUOTE]

What blows my mind about those pictures, is that there are people in that... right now. Human beings. Like, fuck.

[elix]

It's cloudy here tonight. No glimpsing Uranus for me. :suicide:

One night I was able to resolve Jupiter and three of its moons (Europa, Ganymede, and Io, according to Celestia at the time) with my Galileoscope from my back yard here in the city. Jupiter was a bit blurry but the moons hung suspended around it like jewels. It was a more profound experience than I expected.

[Big D Duchovny]

Was way too cloudy for me to see this - kinda considering getting me a cheap telescope, though. Any recommendations?

Edit: The Galileoscope isn't available around here by the by.

[elix]

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;52800764]Was way too cloudy for me to see this - kinda considering getting me a cheap telescope, though. Any recommendations?

Edit: The Galileoscope isn't available around here by the by.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.astroshop.eu/galileoscope-telescope-ac-50-500-ota/p,16320"]Unable to order from this place?[/URL] [URL="https://galileoscope.org/find-a-dealer/"](from the site's dealer list)[/URL]