Jupiter and Uranus Together
Sketch and Details by Carlos E. Hernandez
I was able to view Jupiter and Uranus tonight (September 18, 2010 at 01:30 U.T.) under better atmospheric (seeing) conditions while using my Oberwerk 11 x 56 mm binoculars. We had just had a rain storm and the skies cleared beautifully with relatively faint stars (5m+) visible overhead. Jupiter appeared sharp in the binocular field and now all four of the Galilean satellites were visible. Uranus was visible near Jupiter and was now 48.9 arc-minutes (0.82 degrees) apart from it. The other stars identified in my previous observation were also visible but now were now clearer. I hope that others were able to view this pairing as well.
A digital image produced in Acorn.
Carlos E Hernandez
Carlos,
I can’t imagine anyone not eyeing this conjuction, it’s by far the most exciting one in many aspects. I submitted a similar rendition of this planetary rendezvous-‘Spotlight on Jupiter’, and hopefully we’ll get to see it one day here on ASOD. Good work Carlos!
Juanchin
Carlos,
Very nice capture and thank you for sharing it with us that view this page each day.
Frank 🙂