If you want to take a good look at Uranus...

... it's just about to set, in the Eastern time zone.

Just to the left and slightly higher than Venus -- it should be visible in the same field of vision in a decent pair of binoculars. A greenish-looking dot.

Jupiter is right close by (If you're using binoculars to examine Uranus -- and who wouldn't?? -- you should be able to see Jupiter's four largest moons).

Meanwhile Mars is rising in the east.


I want my countree back.

 

Google sky app will help people.

 

Thnx, Star, this was helpful. When I pointed out the various lights last night, friends thought I was frickin' Carl Sagan. Of course, they were slightly drunk.

 

Sigh.

I thought this was about the UCLA cheerleader.

Carry on, wayward son.

 

Huh, huh, you said your anus. Huh, huh.

 

She followed the request to "take a good look at Uranus." And I'm choosing to ignore chef's post.

 

kiljoy.

 

The relatively "safe" pronunciation is "Ur-Rann-is," which avoids the other two which can both go the wrong way very quickly.

Personally, I think they should rename it "Goofy," to make up for the de-planetization of Pluto, and also for its 84-degree rotational inclination.