August 2, 2005
Uranus -August 2, 2005
Observation Notes:
As I was scouting out double stars late into the night, I noticed that the seeing had suddenly settled and become very nice. I swept over to Uranus and got a very smooth view. The edges of the small dot were smooth and gave an excellent impression of a distant, light blue marble. It was so steady, I tried hard to look for Oberon or Titania. Hah! Even if I could, transparency was pretty crummy in that part of the sky. During the observation, what I think was a geosynchronous satellite moved west to east very slowly and passed about 20" south of Uranus.
| Subject | Uranus | |
| Classification | Planet | |
| Position* | Aquarius [RA: 22:47:00 / Dec: -08:36:06] | |
| Size* | 3.65" (Equatorial diameter) | |
| Brightness* | 5.74 | |
| Date/Time | August 2, 2005 - 12:15 AM (August 2, 2005 - 07:15 UT) | |
| Observing Loc. | Flagstaff, AZ - Home | |
| Instrument | Orion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia./1200 mm F/L) | |
| Eyepieces/Mag. | 25 mm Sirius Plössl (48X), 10 mm Sirius Plössl+ 2X Barlow (240X) | |
| Conditions | Partly Cloudy, calm | |
| Seeing | 6/10 | |
| Transparency | Mag 5.2 NELM | |
| *Sources | Orion's The Sky Astronomy Software |
Posted by Jeremy at August 2, 2005 12:15 AM .
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